Kirsty Gunn writes novels, short stories, and essays and has a Research Chair in Writing Practice and Study at the University of Dundee. Her most recent novel was Caroline’s Bikini (Faber and Faber, 2018), and her last collection of short stories, Infidelities (Faber and Faber, 2014), was shortlisted for the Frank O’Connor Award and winner of The Edge Hill Short Story Prize.