Mary Newnham

Mary Newnham grew up in Didcot with a view of the power stations. Her love for filmmaking led her to a degree in Film Production. She has worked in an advertising agency in London, as a producer in Australia, and as a tour guide in Oxford. She found her passion for writing in her early twenties, when she started blogging about Bloody Marys. In 2022, she gained an MA in Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes. When she's not writing fiction, she writes and records The Quack, which features humorous stories and muddled observations about being a millennial woman. Her debut novel, Amy Elman Doesn't Feel Sexy is out January 2026.