Pete Kowalczyk is a writer from the north of England, with Polish and Ukrainian roots, living in Epping Forest. His writing appears in the Guardian, the European Review of Books, and Tolka among others, and has been supported by the Jerzy Peterkiewicz Foundation.
In 2025, he was a London Library Emerging Writer and was selected for the Granta Memoir Writing programme. His first book — Time is a Border — was shortlisted for the 2023 Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize.
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In 2025, he was a London Library Emerging Writer and was selected for the Granta Memoir Writing programme. His first book — Time is a Border — was shortlisted for the 2023 Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize.