Vicky Grut was born in South Africa and lived there until the age of 15. Her short fiction has appeared in magazines and anthologies including Random Factor (Pulp Books, 1997), Valentine’s Day: Stories of Revenge (Duckworths, 2000), Reshape Whilst Damp (Serpent’s Tail, 2000), New Writing 13 (Picador, 2005) and New Writing 14 (Granta, 2006). Awards for short fiction include an Asham and an Ian St. James award in 1999, and the Chapter One International Short Story Prize in 2006. She has completed a novel, which is currently with an agent. She teaches creative writing at South Bank university.






