“I have been glad to have been surprised by surprises...and I heard not a few times my own spontaneous laughter."
David Hart

"Controlled and inventive, lyrical and richly sensuous, she deftly weaves surreal imagery into the ordinary and manages to be both playful and serious minded."
Roz Goddard
 

“Jenny’s delivery was exquisite, the language both sparse and rich.”
Gary Longden, Behind the Arras
 

Jenny Hope is a writer, poet, editor, creative workshop leader and facilitator.

She started writing when she was six, and had fallen in love with books and all their possibilities.

Her poetry has appeared in Envoi, Ink, Sweat and Tears , The Interpreter’s House, Obsessed by Pipework, and The Rialto.

Her collection, Petrolhead, was published in January 2010 by Oversteps Books, Devon.

She delivers creative writing workshops, for schools, festivals, communities and care homes. 

She is based in and around the West Midlands area of the UK.