Jane Simpson grew up in New Zealand in a home filled with art and lively debate. Her art-educator parents emigrated from England just after she was born. She has a PhD (Otago) in religion and gender in NZ (1939-59) and has taught social history and religious studies in universities in Australia and New Zealand. Her poems and academic articles have been published in books, anthologies and journals both within New Zealand and internationally, including takahē, Poetry New Zealand and Meniscus. Her chapbook, Candlewick kelp, was published by Poets Group in 2002, and her first full-length collection, A world without maps, by Interactive Publications in 2016. She has an adult son, and currently teaches academic writing as a Senior Tutor at Lincoln University.
