Susie Wild is author of the poetry collections Windfalls and Better Houses, the short story collection The Art of Contraception listed for the Edge Hill Prize, and the novella Arrivals. Her writing has appeared in Poetry Wales, The Atlanta Review, Ink, Sweat & Tears, The Cardiff Review and many others. She has placed in competitions including the Welshpool Poetry Festival Competition, the Prole Laureate Prize and the Mslexia Women’s Poetry Competition and performed at festivals including The Laugharne Weekend, Green Man and Glastonbury. Born in London, she grew up in Devon and Cornwall, moving to Wales at 18. She lives in Rhondda Fach.
Praise for Windfalls:
‘Powerful, beautifully crafted poems…’ – Jonathan Edwards
‘Wild comes across as the poetic equivalent of Jean Rhys: wry, arch, a little world-weary but, unlike Rhys, with a sparkling glint of humour… A very affecting collection of poems indeed.’ – Buzz Magazine
‘deft, witty, and heartwarming’ – Poetry Wales
‘This latest collection by Susie Wild is substantial, touching, entertaining and very fresh; […] love and life fall and decay but also one finds strange, unexpected gifts.’ – Gwales
‘Wild is an excellent poet … For well-crafted and enjoyable poetry, you could not do much better.’ – the welsh agenda
