About the Author June 13, 2008

Kelley Swain is a freelance writer living in London, England. Her first book of poetry, Darwin’s Microscope, was published by Flambard Press (Feb 09).

 

Kelley’s current work includes The Glassblower’s Apprentice, a YA historical novel set in 1600s Italy, and The Herschel Inheritance, an historical novel about the astronomer Caroline Herschel– with thanks to the Society of Authors for their support. Kelley is currently seeking representation for her fiction work.

Signing Darwin's Microscope

She graduated in 2007 with an honours degree in English/Creative Writing and a minor in Environmental Studies from Randolph College in VA, then carried on to complete the Munson Institute for Maritime Studies summer graduate programme at the Mystic Seaport (CT).

Kelley is Secretary of the British Society for Literature and Science. She is currently writer-in-residence at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science at Cambridge, and she is beginning some collaborative work with the Royal Observatory Greenwich.

Kelley is involved in & continues to seek poetry readings, open mic nights, and science/literature-related events/organisations. She is involved with the Cambridge Science and Literature Reading Group, the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, and the British Society for the History of Science. She is always happy to give poetry readings or talk about science and literature.