# Alison Light

alison light (born 4 August 1955) is a writer, critic and independent scholar. She is the author of four books to date, the most recent, A Radical Romance, was awarded the 2020 Pen Ackerley prize, the only prize for memoir in the UK. She has held a number of academic posts and is currently a (non-stipendiary) Senior Research Fellow in History and English at Pembroke College, Oxford. She is also an Honorary Professor in the Department of English, University College, London and an Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Department of English, Edinburgh University.