was born in Gibraltar in 1952, spent her childhood in Nigeria and Dorset, and now lives in East London. She is the editor of the Oxford Authors John Keatsand author of Achilles (Methuen and Picador USA), a work of fiction acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic. Her poetry, short fiction and critical reviews have appeared in many journals including Agenda, The London Review of Books, Poetry London, Standand Tears in the Fence. She was a Hawthornden fellow in 2003 and has recently written the libretto for Francis Grier’s The Passion of Jesus of Nazareth, jointly commissioned by Vocal Essence in Minneapolis and the BBC.