iain rowan

I am a writer. I've sold over 30 short stories sold and have a novel published.Stories of mine have won second place in the 2020 Costa Short Story Award, and been shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger, Bath Novel Awards. I've also been a Northern Writers Award winner.I'm represented by Clare at the Liverpool Literary Agency.NEWS April/May 2025: I've been shortlisted for the 2025 Dinesh Allirajah Short Fiction Prize. Awards on 15th May.I'm also a volunteer and campaign coordinator for Neptune's Pirates (formerly known as Sea Shepherd UK). I co-run our national Coastal Debris Campaign. We are a UK marine conservation charity on a mission to end the destruction of habitats and the illegal killing of marine wildlife around the UK’s coastline and across the oceans, with active campaigns in the UK, Faroe Islands, Iceland and Namibia.The background photo here was taken when I was on campaign. It's a Northern Bottlenose Whale.My day job is in higher education, but this site is me outside work.💙🌊 Always the sea.

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