Dr. Sarah Dillon

Biography

Sarah Dillon is a Professor of Literature at the University of Cambridge, specializing in contemporary literature and film, particularly at the intersections of literature and science, as well as speculative fiction. Her work investigates the epistemic function and value of stories, and she is committed to demonstrating the importance of the academic humanities in the sectors of higher education, government, and wider culture. Professor Dillon is the author of 'Storylistening: Narrative Evidence Public Reasoning' (2021) and 'Deconstruction, Feminism, Film' (2018), as well as 'Palimpsest: Literature, Criticism, Theory' (2007). She teaches courses that regularly engage with alternative models of conception, pregnancy, childbirth, feeding, raising, and reproductive rights within contemporary literature and film. Additionally, she serves as the editor for 'David Mitchell: Critical Essays' (2011) and co-editor for 'Maggie Gee: Critical Essays' (2015) and 'AI Narratives: History Imaginative Thinking Intelligent Machines' (2020). As a General Editor of the Gylphi Contemporary Writers: Critical Essays book series, she also works frequently as an arts broadcaster for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4.

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