Dr Paul Williams is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and Program Coordinator at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. He is co-author of 'Playing With Words', with Shelley Davidow. His Young Adult novel 'The Secret of Old Mukiwa' won the Zimbabwe International Book Fair award in 2001 and his memoir 'Soldier Blue' was nominated as Book of the Year in South Africa in 2008.
I highly recommend Novel Ideas for aspiring writers and creative writing tutors - the volume combines sound practical advice with detailed knowledge of wider literary and theoretical contexts. Beautifully written, informative and accessible, this is an essential text. * James Miller, Kingston University London, UK * With entertaining and provocative exercises, Paul Williams details the genesis and development of this essential art form, and includes a welcoming embrace of different voices and identities, as the novel arrives in the present moment. * Alan Michael Parker, Davidson College, USA *