- The invader and the antidote Lee, Tom. 2015. The invader and the antidote. The Dublin Review(57), pp. 26-45. ISSN 1393-998X
- The Creaking Door Lee, Tom. 2013. The Creaking Door. The Dublin Review(51), pp. 72-90.
Dr Tom Lee
Staff details
Goldsmiths Research Centres/Groups
Tom is a short story writer, novelist and memoirist.
Tom Lee is the author of a memoir, The Bullet (Granta, 2024), a novel, The Alarming Palsy of James Orr (Granta, 2017), and a collection of short stories, Greenfly (Harvill Secker, 2008). His stories, memoir and journalism have appeared in The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Esquire, The Telegraph, and Granta Magazine in the UK, The Dublin Review in Ireland and in Francis Ford Coppola’s Zoetrope All Story and The Paris Review in the United States, among others. His work has received the Royal Society of Literature’s Brookleaze Grant, a Society of Author’s Award and two Arts Council Grants for the Arts Awards. In 2012 he was shortlisted for The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award, the largest prize for a single short story in the world. He was Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Greenwich from 2019 to 2022.
Tom is the convenor of the MA Creative and Life Writing and co-director of the Goldsmiths Writers' Centre.
Academic qualifications
- PhD Creative Writing, Goldsmiths 2016
- MA Creative and Life Writing, Goldsmiths 2002
- BA American and English Literature, UEA 1997
Teaching and supervision
I teach tutorials and the specialist fiction workshop on the MA Creative and Life Writing. I also supervise students on the Creative Writing PhD.
Research interests
My research is focused on contemporary fiction, both novels and short stories, and memoir.
Publications and research outputs
Book
- The Bullet: A Memoir Lee, Tom. 2024. The Bullet: A Memoir. London: Granta Books. ISBN 9781783785049
- The Alarming Palsy of James Orr Lee, Tom. 2017. The Alarming Palsy of James Orr. London: Granta. ISBN 9781783783946
- Greenfly Lee, Tom. 2009. Greenfly. London: Harvill Secker. ISBN 1846551943
Book Section
- A porta enferrujada Lee, Tom. 2015. A porta enferrujada. In: Isabel Fernandes; Maria de Jesus Cabral; Teresa Casal; Alda Correia and Diana V. Almeida, eds. Contar (com) a Medicina. Portugal: Edicoes Pedago, pp. 267-285. ISBN 9789899655516
Article
- How my 22-day coma saved my mental health Lee, Tom. 2024. How my 22-day coma saved my mental health. The Telegraph, ISSN 0307-1235
- My father's asylum Lee, Tom. 2022. My father's asylum. The Dublin Review(89), pp. 14-31. ISSN 1393-998X
- The Resortist Lee, Tom. 2018. The Resortist. The Dublin Review(72), ISSN 1393-998X
Other
- The Swimmer Lee, Tom. 2018. The Swimmer. Granta, Granta Online.
- Big Cat Lee, Tom. 2015. Big Cat. Vanguard, London.
Audio
- The Current Lee, Tom. 2022. The Current.
- Rejection Lee, Tom. 2022. Rejection.
- How I Write Lee, Tom. 2022. How I Write.
Digital
- The Benefits of Chronic Illness Lee, Tom. 2019. The Benefits of Chronic Illness.
Thesis
- Big Cat: A collection of short stories Lee, Thomas. 2016. Big Cat: A collection of short stories. Doctoral thesis, Goldsmiths, University of London
