About the Author

Julia Darling, novelist, playwright and poet, has lived and worked in the North East since 1980. She has written two novels, Crocodile Soup and The Taxi Driver's Daughter (both of which were nominated for major literary prizes), many of her short stories have been broadcast on Radio 4 and her plays have been staged throughout the North-east and broadcast on the radio. In March 2003, she became the second winner of the acclaimed Northern Rock Foundation Writer's Award, the largest annual literary award in England.

Reviews

"Julia Darling is writing at the height of her powers in this new book of poetry." Jo Shapcott; "She is one of those rare contemporary poets who make you feel what it is to be alive and marvel at it." Maggie Gee"