Margaret Graham is a bestselling author and has been writing for 30 years. Margaret's novels have been published in the UK, Europe and the USA. Margaret has written two plays, co-researched a television documentary - which grew out of Canopy of Silence, and has written numerous short stories and features.

Margaret has been involved with Creative Writing for many years - in particular she has developed a distinctive style of teaching and online supportive mentorship which has been hugely appreciated by her many students. Her teaching content has been encapsulated in 2 acclaimed non-fiction handbooks designed as a route to re-discovering and structuring one's creativity through writing.

As Patron of the Yeovil Arts Community Association Margaret took over its administration when Council funding was withdrawn. She founded and ran the international Yeovil Literary Prize (charity no. 299372) which has not only raised funds for the Creative Arts in the area but launched several literary careers. The Yeovil Arts Community Association and Yeovil Literary Prize continue to be the bedrock of creative arts in the area, now under the wonderful stewardship of Liz Pike.

In Australia the aboriginals sing their ancestors' songs whilst travelling along the songlines. (Bruce Chatwin writes movingly of this in The Songlines.) In this way the aboriginals sing the world into being, anew, and themselves into being as they do so.

I believe that we can all write ourselves into creative beings, anew. I believe that through writing, and reading, we can re-discover ourselves, give shape to our thoughts and pleasure to ourselves and others.

I believe that creative writing is a boon to the author, and the reader, and that is the basis of my teaching and mentoring.