Holly Pester is a writer and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre, University of Essex. Her books and works include poetry and fiction: Go to Reception and Ask for Sara in Red Felt Tip (Book Works, 2015), Ecloques for Idle Workers (BBC Radio and Distance No Object, 2018), Comic Timing (Granta, 2021), The Lodgers (Granta, 2024), and Cafés (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2026).
