Jonathan Edwards’s first collection of poems, My Family and Other Superheroes (Seren Books, 2014), received the Costa Poetry Award and the Wales Book of the Year People’s Choice Award, and was shortlisted for the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize. His second collection, Gen (Seren Books, 2018), also received the Wales Book of the Year People’s Choice Award, and his poem about Newport Bridge was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem 2019. He lives in Crosskeys, South Wales, and is an Advisory Fellow for the Royal Literary Fund.

"This is a rare thing: a successfully funny poem, which is imaginative, tender, and unexpected. The final image seals the whole poem with a statement of love - usually hard to pull off - which works brilliantly." - Sinead Morrissey on 'Evel Knievel Jumps Over My Family.' "This poem is marvellous. The way the subject is handled is superb, and the ending is a corker!" - August Kleinzahler on 'Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren in Crumlin for the Filming of Arabesque, June 1965'.