ANNIE HAYTER was born in a paddling-pool in South London, beneath a waning Cancer moon. They delight in writing about queer transformations, flatulent saints and sloughed skins. They won BBC Proms Young Poet, were a runner up for the Times Young Poet of The Year, came third in the Cúirt New Writing Prize for Poetry, and were shortlisted for the Desperate Literature Prize, The Bridport Prize for Flash Fiction, The White Review’s Poet’s Prize, the Sylvia Plath Prize, The London Magazine Short Story Prize and Young People’s Laureate for London. Annie’s writing has been published in The London Magazine, The Big Issue, TimeOut, The Rialto, MAGMA, and other anthologies. They have performed on Radio 3 and at venues including the Barbican, Southbank Centre, Cheltenham Literary Festival and the Forward Prizes.