About Dr Barbara Henderson
I am Programme Leader for BA Hons English: Creative and Professional Writing. I'm a commercially published author for adults and children. My published novels include two adult crime novels, two novels for children and one for teens. I hold a Creative Writing PhD from Newcastle University. I have extensive teaching experience in creative writing and journalism, and I'm a Fellow of Advance HE. I also hold a master's degree in English Literature and Film and a master's in Business Administration (MBA).
Teaching and supervision
I am the module leader for:
- MED3501 The Business of Writing and Publishing
- MED3502 Experimenting with Genres
- MED2501 Writing for Characters and Communities.
I am the module tutor for:
- MED2003 Features: Pitching and Writing.
Areas of expertise
- True crime
- Feminism
- Arts as activism.
Further information
My fiction publications (pen name Bea Davenport) are:
- In Too Deep (Legend Press)
- This Little Piggy (Legend Press)
- The Serpent House (Curious Fox)
- My Cousin Faustina (ReadZone)
- The Misper (The Conrad Press, March 2018).