Emily Morris

Emily Morris turned an unplanned pregnancy during her final university year into candid writing about early motherhood, work, friendship, and the unsettled passage into adulthood. My Shitty Twenties grew from the blog she began after discovering at twenty-two that she was expecting a child. Salt published the memoir in 2017, bringing together sharp comedy with an unsentimental account of raising her son as a single parent in Manchester. Morris read English at East Anglia before completing an MA in Writing Studies through Edge Hill University. Her blog won Best Writing on a Blog at the 2009 Manchester Blog Awards, an early recognition of the direct voice that shaped the book. Professional work includes copywriting and periodical essays about parenthood and everyday life. My Shitty Twenties remains her defining long-form work, distinguished by its attention to money, family expectations, loneliness, and the practical improvisations demanded by a life that changed before she felt ready.