Hollie McNish

Hollie McNish is a British poet whose honest, accessible poetry about parenthood, sex, politics, and the body has won prizes and built a massive audience both on page and online. She won the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry. Lobster is a poetry collection exploring desire, relationships, and the body with McNish's characteristic directness and humour. Her other collections include Nobody Told Me (about parenthood) and Plum. McNish's poetry strips away pretension and speaks directly about the things people actually think about. Her audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers poetry that talks about real life — honest, funny, and fearless writing about sex, parenting, and being human.