Hello, I’m Meriel Whale, writer and workshop leader. My books are The Edenists, The Liberation of Gerard Miller and Silent Smile
About
I’m a writer, counsellor and teacher and lead workshops for QWIL and Words That Heart. I was first published in an anthology in 1996 and most recently had a short story included in True Tales From the Old Hill (Frogmore Press, 2015). Doing the two year Creative Writing course at New Writing South has kickstarted my longform writing and I am currently working on three novels and have ideas for two more.
I’m 47 and live in Lewes where I love to walk, swim and read, talking about writing and reading whenever I can. I was born in Birmingham in 1972 and have lived in York, Cambridge, London, Edinburgh, India and East Sussex. I used to run Lewes Community Theatre and now am part of three writers’ groups and run workshops in writing for wellbeing, creative writing and queer literature. I read and write every day and have always known that reading is like breathing for me, an essential act. I have been writing since I learnt how to write.