RP BOLTON is a writer and a former college lecturer; she now write teaching resources for an educational publisher. Her first psychological thriller The Perfect House was published by HQ in 2021, with My Lovely Daughter following in 2022. Under the name Rachel McIntyre, she is also the internationally published author of three young adult novels, Me & Mr J, The Number One Rule for Girls and This Careless Life, a modern re-imagining of JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls. She also writes short stories for women’s magazines and travel articles for numerous publications.
She has been longlisted for the Branford Boase Award and was chosen for the New Writing North Read Regional campaign. She has spoken at the Edinburgh International Book Festival and the Leipzig Book Festival, among many others, and has delivered writing workshops in schools, colleges and libraries across the UK.
Rachel has a MA (distinction) in Creative Writing. Over the last 20 years, she has taught English and Creative Writing in a variety of community and educational settings in the UK, the US and Spain. She has significant experience of mentoring emerging writers, providing detailed and constructive feedback with a focus on the development of self-evaluation skills, helping writers to assess the strengths and weaknesses of their own work.
- Areas of expertise: thrillers, young adult fiction, older children’s fiction
- Locations: Manchester & Leeds
- Possible meeting places: Whitworth Art Gallery, Central Library, John Rylands Library (Manchester), Arts Café, Leeds Art Gallery Café, Central Library (Leeds)
Rachel’s website; Rachel is also on Twitter
