Of Heads & Hearts

About Lucy Hamilton

Lucy Hamilton was born in Sheringham Norfolk the youngest of six children (including the four and a half minutes between her twin sister and herself). Her mother was born in Paris and grew up in Toulouse and her father grew up in Liverpool. She left school at seventeen and lived in Paris for two years before returning to continue her education. She worked as a teacher in many parts of the UK before getting married and settling in Cambridge where she was Head of Year at a local comprehensive and for a time simultaneously Acting Head of the Languages Faculty. She later worked with international students at an independent school in Kent. In 2010 she moved back to Cambridge where she now works as a freelance tutor. Her poems and translations have appeared in many journals including Modern Poetry in Translation The Rialto Shearsman and Poetry Wales. Lucy Hamilton's first collection Stalker was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 2012. She co-edits Long Poem Magazine.