MA Creative Writing Crime Fiction at University of East Anglia

Write a full-length crime novel over two years under the close guidance of award-winning novelists and world-leading crime fiction experts. This is the UK’s first and most successful part-time, low-residency MA in crime writing. MA Crime Fiction is a boutique creative writing course specialising in the practical study and creation of crime novels in all their brilliant forms.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities  |  Department: School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing  |  Duration: 2 years part-time  |  Study mode: part-time  |  Intake: Entry points: September; next start September 2027  |  Location: Norwich, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The first year will build on your existing knowledge of crime fiction, offering modules that will develop your creative practice and encourage you to think critically about the genre’s possibilities, conventions, traditions, and modes. Compulsory modules by year: Year 1: A Critical Approach to Crime Writing, A Theoretical and Practical Approach to Crime Writing, A Creative Approach to Crime Writing 1, A Public Approach to Crime Writing 1. Year 2: A Public Approach to Crime Writing 2, A Creative Approach to Crime Writing 2.

Career pathways

With our MA Creative Writing Crime Fiction degree, you could launch a career as a: Crime Writer: Dozens of our graduates have achieved mainstream publication for novels devised on our course Journalist: Write stories for major newspapers, magazines, websites, new media and podcasts Creative Writing Tutor or Freelance Editor: Help other writers realise their literary ambitions, using craft insight and editorial skills developed on the course Publishing Industry Professional (e.g.

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