Simon Barraclough was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire but has lived in London for 12 years. He won the poetry section of the London Writers' Competition in 2000 and has been published widely in magazines such as Poetry Review, The Manhattan Review, Time Out and the Financial Times. His work has also been broadcast several times on BBC Radio 4 and Radio 3. His debut collection Los Alamos Mon Amour was published by Salt in April 2008 and has just been shortlisted by the Forwards for Best First Collection. Laurie Smith recently wrote that "Barraclough may see himself as travelling lightly through the world, but he catches the sense of what it's like to live in the modern city more astutely and more often than most other poets." (Magma)http://www.simonbarraclough.com/
