Lynn Huggins-Cooper
Lecturer, Creative Writing BA(Hons) (Online)
I started teaching at Falmouth in January 2023 and it seems longer - but in a good way! I have taught on a variety of modules due to my broad portfolio, and I am Module Leader on Bound by None. The BA (Hons) in Creative Writing at Falmouth is massively industry focused and that gives added value to our students – academics here work in the creative industries and can offer an insider’s-eye-view. I love encouraging beginning and developing writers to find and establish their voice – and Falmouth University is a great place to do just that!
I have written everything from picture books and MG series to YA novels and a wide variety of genre fiction for adults under various pen names (long story!). I have also written for children’s TV series and comics; have been a newspaper 'agony aunt' and have written for many digital markets and publications. I've been a features writer for the Times Educational Supplement, and Green Parent Magazine. I've written many non-fiction books including titles of organics, downshifting, parenting, heritage crafts and relationships. Can you tell I have ADHD yet? I feel that my experiences as a neurodivergent academic is useful in terms of understanding the challenges facing neurodivergent students – so I count that as a win!
I have had many roles in my career and all those roads have led to, supplemented and inspired my writing. I've worked as a wildlife warden on a small island with a lighthouse, in a Bail Hostel and at a PRU. I lectured on the PGCE at Newcastle University whilst studying for my MPhil and during this time, I wrote many educational and home learning books.
I organise SCBWI North-East, and I am the Know-How Editor of their magazine Words and Pictures. I am a member of Lapidus (Writing for Wellbeing) and BFSA. I am the Seasonal Anthologies Editor for Trembling with Fear and work with Crystal Lake Publishing, developing their new children’s imprint. I am currently contracted to write a MG series about a young cryptozoologist, a YA that explores grief and the festivals of the dead, and an adult folk horror. I am also a features writer at British Beachcombing Magazine.
I am an experienced counsellor with Bereavement and Thanatology as my specialisms, and apart from writing chapters for a range of academic Horror Studies titles, I am currently writing a book for therapists on the use of horror in bibliotherapy and cinema therapy.
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Research Interests
Research interests and expertise
Folk Horror, Hauntology, Thanatology, Representations of Grief and Mental Illness in Horror, Representations of the Aging Female Body in Horror, Horror and Allegories for Othering
