I am a writer and poet, with various publications in both prose and poetry. Until recently I was an Associate Lecturer in Creative Writing for the Open University, but am now writing full-time.
My poetry pamphlet, BORK!, has been taken by HappenStance Press and will probably be published in 2013.
I have recently completed a full-length memoir, Where the Black Geese Fly, and am in the process of finding a publisher. Extracts from this have been published in Tears in the Fence and BRAND. Tears in the Fence is publishing a further extract in Summer 2012.
Born in the USA, I came to the UK when I was 14, where I attended Dartington Hall School. I now live in Exeter with my partner, cat and three hens.
I have had poems, reviews, articles and essays published in various magazines; please see the relevant sections for detailsI have given readings in Dartington (Ways With Words), Exeter, Norwich, London, Zurich and various other places.
The picture shows Diana Gittins (in orange at front) talking with Dawn McNiff. WOW! 336 Anthology launch at the London Transport Museum