Charley BarnesCharley Barnes is an author and academic from the West Midlands, UK. She has taught Creative and Professional Writing at various institutions around the area, including University of Birmingham, University of Worcester, and most recently the Universiy of Wolverhampton. In academia, she specialises in representation in crime fiction, considering the female body and psyche. Alongside this, Charley is currently undergoing research for her first academic monograph, forthcoming with Palgrave MacMillan. In her poetry and non-fiction, Charley frequently explores representations of and relationships with the body. Her fiction pamphlet, Your Body is a House Stripped, is forthcoming with Broken Sleep (2023). Read More Read Less