About Patrick Bryson
In 2009 Patrick Bryson was awarded his PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Newcastle, Australia. His thesis, Chasing the Unwritable Book, explored how identity is shaped by mental illness and the fictional possibilities it presents to the author – with a particular focus on autobiographical fiction. He is a published poet, short story writer and essayist, with his work appearing in Southerly, Tehelka, The Times Of India, Motherland, The Shillong Times and Mascara Literary Review, while his chapter on Peter Kocan 'The Urge to Write and the Urge to Kill' featured in Configuring Madness, an anthology released by Rodopi Press, Oxford. He lives and works in New Delhi.
