Jackie Juno Author

Jackie Juno is a writer, poet and performer living on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England. She is a multiple poetry slam winner, including Glastonbury Festival Slam 2017, and was a contender in the National Poetry Slam finals at the Albert Hall in 2018. She has been a finalist in many international competitions for her short stories, flash fiction and poetry, including Arvon, Writing Magazine and Mslexia. She has performed her poetry at two TEDx Talks. She held the title Bard of Exeter 2011-2012 and Grand Bard of Exeter 2012-2019. She teaches creative writing online and in person, and loves inspiring people who think they are not writers and who find that they can indeed create great pieces of work with the right prompts. She is also lead singer & lyricist with psychedelic rock band The Invisible Opera Company of Tibet. She has a bit of a map fetish, and is so painfully hip that she needs a new one.