Dangerous Job and Other Essays, A

Diana Hendry grew up by the sea on the Wirral Peninsula. After a number of years living in Bristol she moved to Edinburgh where she has lived for more than twenty years. She’s published six full collections of poetry, three pamphlets and umpteen books for children of all ages.

‘Sharp, funny, independent-minded, these essays and reminiscences are a pleasure to read. Whatever the topic – insomnia, literary journalism, working with cancer patients, interviewing the great and good (Bertrand Russell, Stevie Smith and LS Lowry among them) – Diana Hendry offers an original perspective. Above all, she delights in appraising poems and quietly includes a few of her own.’ – Blake Morrison