iain rowan
I am a writer. I've sold over 30 short stories sold and have a novel published.Stories of mine won second place in the 2020 Costa Short Story Award and the Dinesh Allirajah Short Fiction Prize. My novel-length work has been shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger and the Bath Novel Awards. I also won a Northern Writers Award.I'm represented by Clare at the Liverpool Literary Agency.RECENT NEWS: I was shortlisted for the 2025 Dinesh Allirajah Short Fiction Prize. Awards and ended up winning second place.I'm also a volunteer and campaign coordinator for the Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK (founded 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.