Emily Inkpen is a sci-fi author, scriptwriter, poet and general word nerd. Her debut novel, The Blood Road, is repped by the John Jarrold Literary Agency. She is the writer and co-director of the award-winning global top 3% audio drama, The Dex Legacy. You can find out all about her work below.
Emily was born in South London and studied English Literature at Glasgow University. Her subjects of interest were philosophy and theory and criticism, where she took delight in finding connections between a vast variety of texts. From psychology to art history, to political commentary and works of literature, Emily studied and mapped recurring themes spanning hundreds of years.
After graduation, Emily moved to London and worked as a copywriter and medical writer for various companies. As a medical writer, Emily has written for conditions such as haemophilia, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, various cancer treatments, and led on several of the Bayer women’s health accounts.
As a writer in the gaming industry, Emily defined tone of voice across various games on iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam. Most of these were board game adaptations, including Monopoly, Cluedo, The Game of Life, The Game of Life 2, Jumanji, and Taboo.
Emily is the writer and co-director of the BSFA Award-winning science fiction audio drama, The Dex Legacy. This audio drama is based on her trilogy of novels, currently repped by the John Jarrold Literary Agency. Her work explores dark, political themes, with knotty relationships and complex characters. It has not been described as “easy listening”, but packs a real punch and leaves listeners wanting more. You can find out more here.
Emily is now Creative Director at Alternative Stories, the audio production studio, where she works with multiple writers to bring their worlds to life.
If you would like to look at Emily’s writing projects you can browse her short stories, and read about how she makes words work in her blog.
If you have any questions, please get in touch via Emily’s contact page.