Durre Shahwar is a writer and researcher with a PhD in autofiction and Welsh-Pakistani identity from Cardiff University. She is the co-editor of Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature (2024, 404 INK) and Just So You Know (2020, Parthian Books). She was the recipient of a Future Wales Fellowship and highly commended for the Morley Lit Prize. Her work explores how decolonised creative practices create space for marginalised narratives and has been published widely.  Durreshahwar.com