Renée Sarojini Saklikar (Surrey Poet Laureate, 2015-2018) is the author of four books and six chapbooks. Her work has been adapted for opera and visual art. She teaches creative writing and has judged our Magpie Award for Poetry. Renée's sci-fi epic in verse, Bramah and the Beggar Boy, was published in 2021, and the sequel is forthcoming in 2024. Her short story 'Man with Golden Helmet' appeared in Pulp Literature Issue 28.