About the author

Gary Bills

<p>Gary is a graduate of the University of Durham, where he studied English language and medieval literature. He then trained as a journalist, and he currently works for Newsquest Gannett.<br/> <br/> His poetry has been critically acclaimed and a number of his poems have been translated into German, Italian and Romanian.<br/> <br/> He has published two poetry collections, which are The Echo and the Breath (Peterloo Poets, 2001) and The Ridiculous Nests of the Heart (bluechrome, 2003).<br/> <br/> In 2005, he edited the anthology, The Review of Contemporary Poetry for bluechrome.<br/> Gary has given professional readings at the Ledbury Poetry Festival, at Poetry on the Lake in Italy, and at the Poetry Trend Festival, in Munich.</p>