Liz Heron was born in Glasgow and left Scotland after university there, to live in Spain, France and Italy, before settling in London. Having been involved in left politics, she joined the Hackney Flashers in September 1976. After joining the Camerawork editorial board, she wrote for Spare Rib and other collective magazines, then contributed arts and literary journalism to mainstream publications.  As well as anthologies and non-fiction, her books include a novel, The Hourglass (2018), and a short-story collection, A Red River (1996). She has published literary translations from French and Italian. She is working on a memoir of movie-watching.   

Photo: Liz Heron in Dungeness by Susan Trangmar.