Martyn Halsall Author

Martyn Halsall grew up in Southport, then in Lancashire, taught in Dorset, and was a student in Chelsea, London before becoming a journalist. After reporting for local and regional newspapers he joined The Guardian as a staff correspondent; later working as a communications advisor in the Church of England. He has published six poetry pamphlets, and Lent is his fourth full collection. He is married to Isobel, an Anglican priest, and lives and writes in Northumberland.