Jem Poster, Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University, is the author of two novels, Courting Shadows (Sceptre, 2002) and Rifling Paradise (Sceptre, 2006), as well as a collection of poetry, Brought to Light (Bloodaxe, 2001). He is editor of volume III in the six-volume Edward Thomas: Prose Writings (Oxford University Press, 2018) and co-author, with Sarah Burton, of a handbook for fiction writers, The Book You Need to Read to Write the Book You Want to Write (Cambridge University Press, 2022).