Cheryl Pearson

Cheryl Pearson was born and raised in Cheshire, but now lives and works in Manchester. Her poems have appeared widely in journals and magazines including Antiphon, Bare Fiction, Crannog, Neon, Envoi, Prole, and Southword. She has also had work featured in anthologies produced by The Emma Press, The University of Chester Press, and Puppywolf Press. She won the High Sheriff’s Cheshire Prize for Literature in 2016, and was nominated for a 2017 Pushcart Prize. When she isn’t working or writing, you can find her drinking beer in the Peak District. Oysterlight is her first full-length collection.