Smith, Gavin D.

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SMITH, Gavin D.

SMITH, Gavin D. British, b. 1960. Genres: Poetry, Writing/Journalism, Biography, History. Career: Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, England, retail manager, 1983; The Serpent Press, co-founder. Publications: Whisky: A Book of Words, 1993; The Year of the Prince (Bonnie Prince Charles and the Rising of 1745), 1995; Flambard New Poets 2, 1995; Gavin D. Smith's Lake District, 1997. Work represented in anthologies. Author of a weekly horseracing column for a newspaper in the north of England. Contributor of articles and poems to periodicals. Address: 2 Lake Terr., Town End, Grasmere, Cumbria LA22 9PS, England.