I write and teach writing.
A journalist for over 25 years, I've published stories on health, medicine and tech in WHO Bulletin and The Lancet to the Guardian, Health Policy Watch, SciDev.net, BMJ, BBC News and Nature. I'm interested in global health, from affordable insulin, oxygen and the opioid crisis, to fake news on vaccines and mental health in the COVID-19 era.
I'm also a novelist. My first novel, Bad Material, was a finalist in the Mslexia Novel Competition 2021, judged by Hilary Mantel, Marianne Tatepo and Jo Unwin. I also won a place on the Hachette Grow Your Story 2022 for my novel Mengo Baby. I have been highly commended for two novels in the BPA First Novel Award 2020 and Peggy Chapman First Novel Award -Bridport Prize 2020.
I am currently completing a PhD in creative writing after earning a distinction for my MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck, University of London. My creative non-fiction has been featured on the fantastic Story radio podcast.
You can reach me at tatumnanderson at gmail.com. I am represented by Catherine Cho, @Catkcho of Paper Literary.
Below is a very small selection of my work.