RUTH VALENTINE

Ruth began writing seriously at the age of forty. In 1992 she was one of the Poetry Society's New Poets. Her poems have won prizes and been included in a number of anthologies; Variations on a Theme of Chardin appeared on the DART railway in Dublin. In 2000, looking for a new direction in her writing, she enrolled on the MA Writing at Sheffield Hallam University. Her novel, The Jeweller's Skin, was the somewhat unexpected result. She is currently working on a second novel, provisionally titled The Value Chain.

Primary location: United Kingdom