Penelope Shuttle lives in Cornwall. Lyonesse appeared from Bloodaxe Books in June 2021, and was Observer Poetry Book of the Month. Covid/Corvid, a pamphlet written with Alyson Hallett, was published by Broken Sleep Books, September 2021. Shuttle has received an Eric Gregory Award, and a Cholmondeley Award. Redgrove's Wife, (Bloodaxe Books, 2007), was shortlisted for the T S Eliot Award, and for The Forward Prize. Lyonesse was recently long-listed for the Laurel Prize. She is working on a new full-length collection, History of the Child.