Fiona Pitt-Kethley

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Helen Fiona Pitt-Kethley (* 21st November 1954 in Hastings , County East Sussex ) is a British poet , journalist , travel and erotic - writer .

Life

Fiona Pitt-Kethley studied at the Chelsea College of Art and Design at the University of the Arts in London , where she graduated with honors ( BA Hons. ). She later worked as a teacher and used the time to write her first book of poems, Sky Ray Lolly , which was a great success with the female readership. Her work is characterized by her sexual openness and humor . She also writes as a freelance journalist for The Independent and The Big Issue .

In 1995 she married the chess grandmaster and former British chess master Harold James Plaskett (born March 18, 1960 in Cyprus ), with whom she has a son. Since 2002 she has lived with her family in Cartagena , Spain .

Works (selection)

Poems

  • 1986: Sky Ray Lolly
  • 1987: Private Parts
  • 1989: The Perfect Man
  • 1993: Dogs
  • 1996: Double Act
  • 1997: Memo From a Muse

Novels

  • 1991: The Misfortunes of Nigel
  • 2000: Baker's Dozen

Travel reports

  • 1991: Journeys to the Underworld
  • 1994: The Pan Principle
  • 2000: Red Light Districts of the World

Anthologies

  • 1994: Literary Companion to Sex: an Anthology of Prose and Poetry
  • 1995: Literary Companion to Low Life

Autobiography

  • 2000: The Autobiography of Fiona Pitt-Kethley: My Schooling

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