Elizabeth Parker was born in London and grew up in Pygmy Pinetum, a garden centre in The Forest of Dean. She attended Monmouth Comprehensive School and school trips to Ty Newydd writing centre nurtured her passion for creative writing. She achieved First Class Honours in English and Creative Writing at Warwick University, under the inspiring tutelage of David Morley, Maureen Freeley and Peter Blegvad. She also has an MA in Mythology from Bristol University.
Elizabeth was a secondary school English teacher for eight years and is writing two novels based on her experiences teaching Shakespeare to teenagers.
Elizabeth’s poetry has been published in various journals including Magma, The Stony Thursday Book, The Interpreter’s House and Agenda. She was a prizewinner in the 2016 Troubadour International Poetry Prize. Following her 2016 pamphlet, Antinopolis (published by Eyewear), Elizabeth’s first full collection, In Her Shambles, was published by Seren in April 2018.
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What People Say
‘Hers is a dexterous poetry of confidently-conjured atmospheres and moods, at once elusive and heady with lyric invention.’
Martin Malone, The Interpreter’s House
‘This is a radiantly-written and vigorous collection by a rising star of British poetry.’
David Morley (winner of The Ted Hughes Award)
‘Wonderfully lucid and economical… precise and delicate in its use of language.’
Andrew Taylor
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