J.S.Watts is a British poet and novelist who weaves the fantastical and the literary with other vibrant strands to create glowing, multi-faceted writing. Originally from London, she read English at Oxford and now lives in Cambridgeshire.
Her poetry, short stories and non-fiction appear in a wide variety of publications in Britain and abroad and have been broadcast on BBC and Independent Radio. She has edited various magazines and anthologies and performed her poetry across England, Scotland and Wales, but not yet in Ireland (should anyone from Ireland be reading this). Along the way, she has won various awards and had honourable mentions in others, but nothing so outstanding that she wants to make a big thing out of it.
J.S.’s three full poetry collections, Cats and Other Myths, Years Ago You Coloured Me and Underword, are published by Lapwing Publications, as is her multi-award nominated SF poetry pamphlet, Songs of Steelyard Sue. Her poetry pamphlet, The Submerged Sea, was published by Dempsey & Windle. Her novels, A Darker Moon – dark fiction, Witchlight, Old Light and Elderlight – an urban fantasy trilogy, are published in the US and UK by Vagabondage Press.
For further details see her website: www.jswatts.co.uk
Books by J.S. Watts
Novels: Witchlight ISBN 9780692406908; Old Light ISBN 978-1946050205; Elderlight ISBN 9781946050212; A Darker Moon ISBN 9780615706528.
Poetry: Cats and Other Myths ISBN 9781907276644; Songs of Steelyard Sue ISBN 9781909252028 – Nominated for BOTH SFPA and Saboteur Awards Best Poetry Pamphlet; Years Ago You Coloured Me ISBN 9781910855157; The Submerged Sea ISBN 9781907435591; Underword ISBN 9781739164218.
Website: https://www.jswatts.co.uk/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/J.S.Watts.page
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