Kona Macphee
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Kona Macphee was born in London but grew up in Australia, where she experimented with a range of occupations including composer, violinist, waitress and motorcycle mechanic. Eventually she took up robotics and computer science, which brought her to Cambridge as a graduate student in 1995. She now lives in Perthshire, where she works as a freelance writer and tutor, and moonlights as the co-director of a software and consultancy company. Kona received an Eric Gregory Award in 1998. Her first collection, "Tails", was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2004. Her second collection, "Perfect Blue", was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2010, and was awarded the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for 2010. Kona's second collection "Perfect Blue" is supported "The Perfect Blue Companion", a free e-Book intended to encourage new readers of poetry. It can be downloaded from the "Perfect Blue" website at… Read more This biography was provided by the author or their representative.
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