Gittins, Chrissie

Chrissie Gittins's poems have won prizes, been anthologized, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and animated for Cbeebies television. Both her children's poetry collections were shortlisted for the CLPE Poetry Award and I Don't Want an Avocado for an Uncle (Rabbit Hole, 2006) was a Poetry Book Society Choice for the Children's Poetry Bookshelf. Her first adult poetry collection is Armature (Arc, 2003). She writes plays for BBC Radio 4 and her first short story collection is Family Connections (Salt, 2007).