Awarded the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize 2002 `Greta Stoddart's At Home in the Dark is a powerful first collection that sheds light not only on the darkness of home but also reveals much that's unsettling about the further afield. With their clear, percussive rhythms and their dramatic poise and timing, these poems dare and lure the reader to follow her prescient, unflinching gaze' - Jamie McKendrick Greta Stoddart was born in 1966 and grew up in Oxford. She studied in Paris and Manchester and now lives in London, where she works as a poetry tutor.
Author Biography
Greta Stoddart was born in 1966 and grew up in Oxford. She studied in Paris and Manchester. Her first book, At Home in the Dark, won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 2002. She now lives in Devon and works as a poetry tutor.
