Aoife Mannix is an Irish writer and poet based in London. Her first novel Heritage of Secrets was published in 2008. She is the author of four collections of poetry; The Trick of Foreign Words (2002), The Elephant in the Corner (2005), Growing Up An Alien (2007) and Turn The Clocks Upside Down (2008). She is currently poet in residence on BBC Radio 4'€™s Saturday Live. She is an experienced workshop leader, writer'€™s tutor and mentor for young people and adults. She has experience working in arts centres, primary and secondary schools, libraries, youth centres, and young offenders' institutes.