MA Creative Writing Crime Fiction (Part Time)

Crime fiction is one of the world’s most popular literary genres for a reason. It's dynamic, engaging, inclusive, literary, and imaginative. It’s also adaptable, working from page to screen, and easily translatable, because it’s so accessible and compelling.

These are dramatic life-and-death stories. Learn the craft of this exciting genre in our MA Creative Writing Crime Fiction, part of UEA’s world-renowned Creative Writing programme. You’ll write a novel under the close guidance of award-winning crime writers and experienced creative writing tutors.

All without relocating. Our part-time MA Crime Fiction is mostly taught online, through flexible and specially designed modules that can work around your schedule. The online elements are supplemented with three short, high-intensity residential periods a year.

The course, uniquely, guides you through the process of planning and writing a full-length work of crime fiction. You'll be immersed in the key critical and practical elements of the genre and novel writing. You'll be introduced to the professional writing landscape, meeting agents and publishers (including Little, Brown, the sponsors of the annual UEA Little, Brown prize, and Mushens Entertainment, sponsors of the annual Mushens award), ready to embark upon the next stage of your writing career.