Kirsty Gunn has written five works of fiction as well as three
short story collections, and, most recently, a long essay about
her interest in and connection to Katherine Mansfield. Her
most recent collection of short stories, Infidelities, published
in 2014, was shortlisted for the Frank O’Connor Award and
won the Edge Hill Prize. She is Professor of Writing Practice
and Study at the University of Dundee and lives in London
and Scotland with her husband and two daughters. She has
known Jane Eyre since she was nine and continues to think
about her. In that way – as is the case with all truly realised
fictional characters – Jane is a contemporary.