Monica Kendall was born near London. She has a Master’s degree from St Hugh’s College, Oxford University, and another from University College London. She has previously edited John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi (Pearson/Longman, 2004) and the secret diary of a teenage great-aunt trapped in occupied Brussels during World War I, Miss Cavell Was Shot: The Diaries of Amy Hodson, 1914-1920 (SilverWood, 2015). She has had several poems published in Pennine Platform and Reach Poetry, and was awarded joint second prize in the Edward Thomas Fellowship Poetry Competition 2026, for her poem 'North Downs Way’: edward-thomas-fellowship.org.uk.
Monica Kendall has been an academic book editor for many years and now lives in North Wales, inspired by her great-great-grandfather’s hiraeth am Gymru and her son’s mountaineering.
Lies and the Brontės: The Quest for the Jenkins Family was published by SilverWood in 2021, North Wales: Intended as a Guide to Future Tourists (William Bingley 1804) in 2023, and Make me thy lyre in 2025.
Find out more at monicakendall.com
Monica Kendall is featured in Cambrian News here.
Hear Monica's poem, Now was the end of October, selected for the 'Love the Words' podcast, issue 98, last 5 minutes: here.
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