About Liz

Liz lives in a village in the south west of England with her husband Peter, dog Lola (in the photo, that is not her hairy chest!) and cat Milla. Her daughter Emmelie lives fairly near, and son Jem is at University.

Liz grew up in Wales and the south of England, and went to nine schools before she was 11. She did a lot of drawing and sometimes wrote stories and poems. Her love of animals has meant various pets, including 8 rabbits, a slow worm and a greenfinch, rescued when its nest was blown apart in a storm. Grizelda Greenfinch lived with Liz until she was 13 (Grizelda was 13, not Liz!). One day Liz hopes to write her story.

When she was young Liz helped out at a local vets. She went to Art College, Film School and then worked in the advertising industry.

When her children were young Liz started writing again, and soon realised she liked writing poems best. After being published in loads of poetry books she went back to school and did an MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University, and even though she was quite old they let her in.

Liz has lots of wonderful poet friends and they sometimes go on retreats together and do lovely things like read poetry to each other, and sing and dance. (Liz does not join in the dancing because she has no sense of rhythm or balance. Actually she can’t sing either, but that doesn’t stop her… sorry everyone!). You can see some of Liz’s poet friends on the interactive page in a video. In September 2009 Liz organised a very successful poetry exhibition at the Arnolfini in Bristol. Lots of the poets came to help, and you can see the photos on the interactive page as well.

Liz’s book, Animal Magic, is available in bookshops, from IRON Press and Amazon.