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Amy Wack was born in Florida and educated at San Diego and Columbia universities. A graduate of Columbia writing programme in New York City, Amy Wack now lives in Cardiff and has been Poetry Editor at Seren since 1992, where she has edited a number of poetry collections, including Skirrid Hill by Owen Sheers and Jonathan Edwards' Costa Prize-winning collection, My Family and Other Superheroes. Catherine Fisher was born in Newport, Wales. She graduated from the University of Wales with a degree in English and a fascination for myth and history. She has worked in education and archaeology and as a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Glamorgan. An acclaimed poet and novelist, Catherine regularly lectures and gives readings to groups of all ages. She leads sessions for teachers and librarians and is an experienced broadcaster and adjudicator. She lives in Newport, Gwent. Catherine has won many awards and much critical acclaim for her work. Her poetry has appeared in leading periodicals and anthologies and her volume Immrama won the WAC Young Writers' Prize. She won the Cardiff International Poetry Competition in 1990. In 2013 Catherine was appointed the inaugural Young Person's Laureate for Wales.