Rue Baldry is the author of Dwell, the story of two traumatised young men of different classes falling in love with one another in 1919, published by Northodox Press in June 2026. Dwell won the 2024 First Novel Prize. Other work of hers has won the Commonwealth Prize (Canada and Europe region), come second in the Yeovil Prize, and placed in other competitions. She has a BA in English Literature from York University and an MA in Literature with Creative Writing from Leeds University, was a Jerwood/Arvon mentee, a The Bridge Awards/ Moniack Mhor Emerging Writer, and a Women’s Prize Discoveries longlistee. Thirty-one of her short stories have been published in journals such as Granta, Ambit and The Honest Ulsterman. Her debut short story collection, Nice Things, is forthcoming from Fly On The Wall Press in December 2026.