Jennifer Kewley Draskau is from Douglas, Isle of
Man. This is her profile: "Prize-winning commercially-published author,
poet, playwright. Non-fiction publications include work on language,
translation and Sylvia Plath. Current project: a standard grammar of Manx
Gaelic. Broadcaster, journalist, lecturer. Previous jobs have included ranch hand,
catwalk model, fashion editor, youth orchestra leader, dressage judge. Major
work includes much-praised "Margaid of Baldhoon", set in the Isle of
Man in the 17th century.Interests: literature, language, philosophy, history,
art, music, theatre, the environment, sport (competitive equestrianism,
rock-climbing, skiiing, swimming, sailing)."
