My international development work focuses on health systems, reproductive health and gender.

Since completing my MA in Creative Writing I have been working on my fiction writing. The ideas for my novel, The Inheritance Powder, came out of my international development experience. I am currently working on a novel and a piece of life writing which come from my personal experiences of the world of learning disabilities. I also dabble with short pieces and stories. 

For my academic profile,visit https://www.ids.ac.uk/person/hilary-standing. For fiction writing, see my Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/HilaryStandingwriting101