Joolz Denby was born in 1955 to an SAS father and a glamorous mother. She is an internationally respected poet, spoken-word artist, curator, illustrative artist, tattooist and photographer. She is the award-winning, Orange-nominated author of the novels Stone Baby, Corazon, Billie Morgan, Borrowed Light, and five collections of poetry and short stories. She married an outlaw biker - a member of the Satan's Slaves - at 19 then after leaving that world, went on to spend the next 26 years writing, performing, working and touring with cult underground rock bands New Model Army and New York Alcoholic Anxiety Attack.