Pascale Petit

Pascale Petit was born in Paris, grew up in France and Wales, and lives in Cornwall. She is of French, Welsh and Indian heritage. Her eighth collection, Tiger Girl, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection and for Wales Book of the Year. Her seventh collection, Mama Amazonica, won the inaugural 2020 Laurel Prize and the 2018 RSL Ondaatje Prize. Four of her collections have been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize.

Photograph © Brian Fraser