About Me
I am a writer and researcher. My short stories, essays and reviews have appeared in literary magazines such as The Interpreter's House, Hortus, Slightly Foxed, Prole, The Short Story, FlashBack Fiction, Literary Mama and The Honest Ulsterman. My short fiction has been shortlisted for the Bristol Short Story Prize and has won the Bridport Prize and a Tom-Gallon Trust Award from the Society of Authors.
As a sociologist, I've used qualitative and ethnographic methods to explore various aspects of everyday life and have published academic articles and chapters, as well as a book, Fiction and Research (Policy Press, 2024), which explores how researchers and academics might find inspiration in storytelling and fiction.
[Becky Tipper's 'The Rabbit' is] an immediately likeable story, beautifully crafted, elegantly written with all the arts of a born storyteller... A writer of real promise.
- FAY WELDON and PAUL BAILEY
The flash fiction pieces [in the Bridport Prize] were extremely penetrating and confident… Becky Tipper’s 'Meeting the Lobster' genuinely takes the reader through a journey of increasing emotional identification.
- A.L. KENNEDY
[Becky Tipper's essay] 'Birth Stories'... is a truly excellent piece of writing... Anybody who has ever trotted out the cliché 'all that matters is a healthy baby' should be made to read this work.
- MILLI HILL