Pascale Petit

Pascale Petit was born in Paris, France, and lives in Cornwall, England. She is of French, Welsh, and Indian heritage. Her eighth collection, Tiger Girl (Bloodaxe Books, 2020), was shortlisted for the 2020 Forward Prize for Best Collection and for the 2021 Wales Book of the Year. A poem from the book won the 2020 Keats-Shelley Prize. Her seventh collection, Mama Amazonica (Bloodaxe Books, 2017), won the inaugural (2020) Laurel Prize for eco-poetry, the 2018 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, was shortlisted for the 2018 Roehampton Prize, and was a Poetry Book Society Choice. Four previous collections were shortlisted for a T.S. Eliot Prize. My Hummingbird Father (Salt, 2024) is her debut novel.