Kathleen Jones Biography

Kathleen Jones is a poet and biographer. Born and brought up on a hill farm in the English Lake District, she lived for ten years in Africa and the Middle East, where she worked in broadcasting, before returning to England. She studied at Bristol University as a mature student with four children and now lives part of the time in Italy with her partner, who is a sculptor. She tutors creative writing and is a Royal Literary Fund Fellow.
Kathleen has been published in a wide range of poetry magazines, is the author of a poetry pamphlet, Unwritten Lives (Redbeck Press) and a new collection 'Not Saying Goodbye at Gate 21' published by Templar Poetry in 2011 and winner of the Straid Award for a first collection.