Diana Hendry
Diana Hendry is an acclaimed poet, short story writer and children’s author. She has published two collections of poetry – Making Blue and Borderers (both Peterloo Poets). She has written more than 30 books for children including Harvey Angell which won a Whitbread Award and a sequel, Harvey Angell Beats Time, which won a Scottish Arts Council Children’s Book Award. Her recent poetry includes Twelve Lilts: Psalms & Responses and with Tom Pow Sparks! (both Mariscat). Diana is a regular book reviewer for The Spectator. She now lives in Edinburgh.
‘Energy, variety, wit and invention’
Charles Tomlinson on Making Blue (Peterloo)
‘Wildness, a remarkable eye for the truth and an ability to see the otherness of the very ordinary’
U. A. Fanthorpe on Borderers (Peterloo)