// TEAM
extra teeth magazine was begun by two friends in 2019 with the help of a crowdfunder (and the generous support of the Scottish writing and reading communities). Since then, we’ve continued to change and grow; meet the current team here!
Heather Parry
c0-founder & editorial director
Heather Parry is a writer and editor based in Glasgow. She co-hosts the Teenage Scream podcast with author Kirsty Logan and works as the Scottish Senior Policy & Liaison Manager for the Society of Authors, a trade union for writers. In 2021 she created the free-access Illustrated Freelancer’s Guide with artist Maria Stoian. Her short stories and nonfiction have been published internationally, and her debut novel, Orpheus Builds a Girl, will be out in October 2022 with Gallic Books.
Heather co-founded the magazine in 2019 with Jules Danskin to create a space for strange, experimental fiction and nonfiction work to be paired with beautiful illustration and artwork. She continues to steer the ship through its changes and growth, and loves when the magazine helps writers to kickstart their careers.
Heather mentors writers through the Extra Teeth Mentoring Program, which she adores.
esther clayton
branding + Design
This magazine is special in no small part because branding visionary Esther Clayton, director of ec-design studio, brings our ideas to life.
Extra Teeth is bold graphics, stunning colours and the paper stock of dreams - largely thanks to Esther’s guidance and eye.
Here from the beginning, she is an instrumental member of our team and we're so lucky to be working with her. Based in Portobello, Esther has designed branding for Bross Bagels, Skylark Cafe and Tribe Porty and our favourite seaside book slingers, The Portobello Bookshop.
Esther not only defines the design of the magazine, but works closely with our illustrators to guide them through the process and realise their vision for each issue - and also encourages people, at all times, towards neon.
NYLA AHMAD
events + Vibe consultant
Nyla is a comics creator, events programmer and works as Reading Communities Manager at Scottish Book Trust, leading on programming Book Week Scotland. She received a Bookseller Rising Star in 2021. She was the inaugural awardee of Literature Alliance Scotland's Next Level programme.
Nyla is on the Glasgow Zine Library board of trustees & the steering committee of the Society of Authors Comics Creators Network. She previously co-led the BHP Comics project Full Colour, a mentoring programme for young comics creators from BAME backgrounds; she also edited the anthology. Her MPhil thesis examined South Asian and Muslim representation in comics. She served as chair of the Scottish Independent Comic Book Alliance Awards for three years.
Since coming on board in 2021, Nyla has lead on our events organisation and sales as well as submissions reading. Taking a step back in 2022 to look after her health, she is currently serving as Vibes Consultant to make sure we’re keeping on track.
Katie goh
submissions reader & nonfiction editor
Katie Goh is a writer and editor living in Edinburgh. Katie is First Person Editor at gal-dem, and covers culture for publications like i-D, Huck, VICE and the Guardian. Their writing has been shortlisted for the Kavya Prize, the Anne Brown Essay Prize and PPA Scotland's Young Journalist of the Year award.
Katie's first book of non-fiction, The End: Surviving the World Through Imagined Disasters, was published in 2021 by 404 Ink. Their award-nominated essay oranges was published in Extra Teeth Issue Four.
Katie brought their wealth of experience to the Extra Teeth team in 2022, coming on board to read submissions, formulate the line up and edit our nonfiction as of Issue Six. Like all members of the Extra Teeth team, Katie is very much into food.
anna walsh
submissions reader
Anna Walsh is an Irish writer and editor based in Glasgow. Their poetry and prose have been published by the Stinging Fly, The London Magazine, Cipher Press, Bad Betty Press and others.
Primarily focused on fiction, they have also written for the stage and exhibition, as well as publications such as Architecture Ireland and Club des Femmes. Their short story The Body was published in Extra Teeth Issue Four.
Currently they are working on their debut short story collection.
Anna’s work fits perfectly within the Extra Teeth aesthetic, and they have an incredible eye for sharp, incisive fiction, so we were thrilled to welcome Anna on to the team to read submissions from Issue Six.
