Ros Barber
Ros Barber was born in Washington DC and raised in England. She is the author of three collections of poetry, the latest of which (Material, Anvil 2008) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. Her numerous poetry residencies include Arts Council England, and Pallant House Gallery in Chichester.
Her short fiction, which won prizes in the Asham and Independent on Sunday short story competitions, has been published by Bloomsbury and Serpents Tail. Her poetry has appeared in Poetry Review, Poetry Wales, Poetry London, London Magazine, The Guardian, the Independent on Sunday and many other publications; it also features in anthologies published by Faber, Virago, Anvil and Seren.
Her first novel, The Marlowe Papers, will be published by Sceptre in late Spring 2012. It was written as part of a PhD funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Ros lives in Brighton and has four children.