Janet Shepperson

Janet Shepperson was born in Edinburgh in 1954. She studied English Literature at Aberdeen University and has worked as a journalist, community services volunteer and primary school teacher. She has lived in Belfast since 1978. She has published poetry in literary journals including Poetry Ireland Review, Cyphers, Crannog, The Stinging Fly, with two of her short stories shortlisted for the Hennessy Literary Awards. Previously published poetry collections include The Aphrodite Stone (Salmon Poetry, 1995) and Eve Complains to God (Lagan Press, 2004).