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I am a teacher of Creative Writing here at Man Met and an author of seven novels; a memoir about my quest to get a judo black belt, and a series of humorous books about the Church of England.
Teaching Creative Writing is the art of striking a balance between the critical and the creative. I aim to develop critical thought through close engagement with texts whilst letting students suspend their ‘inner critic.’
I spend my time collaborating with critical colleagues in reading and writing for children and Young Adults; Narrative Theology and Writing about Relationships, and the Novel and Brexit. I also explore new formats for publishing fiction, e.g. The Novel as a blog (I recently wrote a partly crowd-sourced trilogy of novels in weekly blog instalments). I’ve recently moved to Sheffield and am enjoying the vibrancy this city has to offer.
My work as a novelist is to create new worlds and invite the reader into them. Teaching Creative Writing at Manchester Met is all about helping students to discover their own new fictional worlds, to explore them, then hone their writing skills until that world and its characters are as vivid to the reader as the writer. After that, we look outward towards the ever-evolving world of publishing.
Read, read, read. Live in your own head and inhabit the world of your fiction obsessively. A course in Creative Writing is licence to daydream.
BA Hons English Language & Literature, Durham
PhD Theology, King’s College, Durham
HEA Fellow
Freelance novelist, blogger and journalist, tutor for the Arvon Foundation.
Teaching creative writing (Fiction and Children’s Fiction)
Teaching creative writing (Fiction and Children’s Fiction) on our MA/MFA
DoS for 2 Creative Writing PhDs (in progress)
C. Fox (2023). The Company of Heaven Lindchester Chronicles 5. Marylebone House.
C. Fox (2021). Tales from Lindford Lindchester Chronicles 4.
C. Fox (2023). The Company of Heaven Lindchester Chronicles 5. Marylebone House.
C. Fox (2021). Tales from Lindford Lindchester Chronicles 4.
C. Fox (2017). Realms of Glory. SPCK.
C. Fox (2015). Love for the Lost.
C. Fox (2015). Unseen Things Above.
C. Fox (2015). The Benefits of Passion. SPCK.
C. Fox (2014). Acts and Omissions.
C. Fox (2014). Angels and Men. SPCK.
C. Fox (2011). Fight the Good Fight From Vicar's Wife to Killing Machine. Random House.
C. Fox, B. Gillespie (2005). Extreme Anglicanism A Liturgical Guide to the Sporting Year. Monarch Books.
C. Fox (2001). Scenes from Vicarage Life, Or, the Joy of Sexagesima. Monarch Books.
CM. Fox Wolf Tide.
CM. Wilcox (1995). Theology and women's ministry in seventeenth-century English Quakerism handmaids of the Lord. Edwin Mellen Press.
C. Wilcox (2021). 'Eternity Wrapped in a Span'. In: News of Great Joy The Church Times Christmas Collection. Canterbury Press,
C. Wilcox (2019). The Turn. In: Kiss and Part Short stories. Canterbury Press,
C. Wilcox (2019). Ministry in Fiction. In: The Study of Ministry A Comprehensive Survey of Theory and Best Practice. SPCK,
Jerusalem Award 2018 for Short Form Radio
HEA Fellow