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About Jen Campbell

Jen Campbell grew up by the sea. She is a bestselling author and award-winning poet. Her most recent books include a short story collection The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night a series of childrens picture books about a book-loving dragon called Franklin and The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers (Thames & Hudson 2021) a collection of gruesome tales illustrated by Adam de Souza. She won the Jane Martin Poetry Prize in 2013 received an Eric Gregory Award in 2016 is Vlogger in Residence for the Poetry Book Society and was a judge of the Forward Prize in 2018. She talks about books fairy tales and disfigurement at youtube.com/jenvcampbell. Her poetry pamphlet The Hungry Ghost Festival was published by The Rialto in 2012. Her first book-length collection The Girl Aquarium was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2019. It was shortlisted for the poetry category of the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards 2019 and was a semifinalist for the Goodreads Choice Awards 2019 (Best Poetry category). She won the Spelt Poetry Competition 2022 for her poem 'The Hospital is Not My House' from her second collection Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit (Bloodaxe Books 2023) which is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. She lives in London.