Mark Waldron was born in New York in 1960 and grew up in London. He lives in East London with his wife and son, and began writing poetry in his early 40s. He published two collections with Salt, The Brand New Dark (2008) and The Itchy Sea (2011), which were followed by three from Bloodaxe, Meanwhile, Trees (2016), Sweet, like Rinky-Dink (2019) and A Straight Up Giant (2023).
