I chose the University of Birmingham because I had the support of two incredible supervisors. They both supported me with my PhD and M4C funding applications, so I felt they were really on my side from the beginning, which was beyond encouraging! My primary supervisor, Ruth Gilligan, supervised me for my Creative Writing MA dissertation, which I also did at UoB, and I got the idea for my PhD research during Ruth’s MA module on Intertextuality. Rachel Sykes is my secondary supervisor and they have supported me in my reading and research on Disability Studies for the critical element of my PhD. Between Ruth’s support for the creative element and Rachel’s for the critical essay, I have supervisors with expertise in areas key to my research.