GREVEL LINDOP was born in Liverpool and now lives in Manchester, where he was formerly a Professor of English at the Victoria University. His books include A Literary Guide to the Lake District; The Opium Eater: A Life of Thomas De Quincey and editions of Chatterton, De Quincey and Robert Graves's The White Goddess. He has published six volumes of poems, including Playing With Fire (Carcanet, 2006) and Luna Park (2015).