Jess Worsdale is a writer living in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She holds an MA in Prose Fiction from UEA. In 2024 her novel-in-progress, speculative fiction exploring the capitalisation of mental health and climate anxiety, was longlisted for the Discoveries Prize, shortlisted for the Bath Novel Award, and was a finalist in the Mslexia Novel Competition. She has received mentoring support from the Arts Council NI and the Irish Writers’ Centre, and her short fiction has been published in Banshee, Five South, The Belfast Review and elsewhere.