Born in Liverpool, Kathy Miles is a poet and short story writer living near Aberaeron in West Wales. Her fourth full poetry collection, Bone House, was published by Indigo Dreams in 2020, and a pamphlet, Inside the Animal House, by Rack Press in 2018. Her work has appeared widely in magazines and anthologies, and she is a previous winner of the Wells Literature Festival Poetry Competition, the Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Festival Competition and the Bridport Prize. Her short stories have featured in magazines such as The Lonely Crowd. Kathy is also a freelance editor and workshop tutor, and has judged both the Welsh International and PENfro poetry competitions. Her fifth collection of poetry, Vanishing Point, was published by Palewell Press in April 2024, and she is the winner of the 38th Frogmore Poetry Prize.