Amy Jane Stewart’s debut novel, Hex House, is a feminist, horror fairy tale. It will be published in the UK & US by Titan Books in Spring 2026.

Amy was the winner of the 2022 Mairtín Crawford Award for Short Story, and also the winner of the 2021 New Writing North & Word Factory Northern Apprentice Award. As part of this award, she spent six months completing her debut short story collection entitled Cruelties, which is full of vengeful, lustful and violent women undergoing transformations, both physical and otherwise.

Amy won a Highly Commended Award in the 2019 Bridport Prize, and was also shortlisted for the 2021 Mairtín Crawford Short Story Award. In 2021, she was longlisted for the Bath Flash Fiction Award. She also co-edited issue #2 of The York Journal. In 2023, she was shortlisted for the Bristol Short Story Prize. In 2023 she was also awarded funding from Creative Scotland to complete her debut novel, Hex House.

After studying English Language and Literature at Newcastle University, Amy graduated with a Distinction and the Programme Prize from an MA in Creative Writing at York St John. In October 2020, she started a PhD at Sheffield University, centred around female circus performers.

Amy is represented by Marilia Savvides at The Plot Agency.

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