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Sally Cranswick is an author, book coach and creative mentor with a special interest in memoir and life writing and she is a lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town’s Department for Extra Mural Studies, where she hosts writing courses on all aspects of creative writing including short story, memoir, novella and creativity. 

Her collection of short stories, Women out of Water, was shortlisted for the Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award in 2022 by the South African Literary Association. She is currently studying for her PhD in Creative Writing through the University of the Western Cape. She holds an MA cum laude in Creative Writing from University of Cape Town and a BA in Creative & Media Writing from Middlesex University, London.