Stephan Collishaw

Stephan Collishaw was born, and now lives, in Nottingham. He studied at Goldsmith’s College, London before becoming a teacher. Some years later he completed the MA in Creative Writing at Nottingham Trent University. He has published four novels, the first three of which – The Lost Girl, Amber (both published by Sceptre) and The Song of the Stork (Legend Press) – are set in Lithuania, where he lived for a year, and his most recent novel A Child Called Happiness (Legend Press) is set in Zimbabwe. In 2016 Stephan established Noir Press, which is the only UK publisher of the work of contemporary Lithuanian novelists in English. Alongside writing he continues to work as a deputy head teacher.