Dooley, Maura
DOOLEY, Maura
DOOLEY, Maura. British, b. 1957. Genres: Novellas/Short stories, Poetry, Adult non-fiction. Career: Arvon Foundation, Lumb Bank, Yorkshire, England, director of writing center, 1982-87; South Bank Board, London, England, director of literature program, 1987-93; freelance literature consultant, 1993-97; consultant to performing arts labs, 1994-2002; Jim Henson Films, London, script adviser, 1997-2000; University of London, Goldsmiths College, convener of MA in creative writing, 2000-. Southern Arts Literature Panel, chair, 1988-90; Arvon Foundation Management Committee, council member, 1989-; London Arts, Board Literature Panel, advisory member, 1992-93, board member, 1999-2001; Poetry Book Society, chair, 1999-2003. Publications: POETRY: Ivy Leaves and Arrows, 1986; Turbulence, 1988; Explaining Magnetism, 1991; Kissing a Bone, 1996. EDITOR: (with D. Hunter) Singing Brink, 1987; (with D. Morley and P. Callow) Northern Stories II, 1990; Making for Planet Alice: New Women Poets, 1996; How Novelists Work, 2000; The Honey Gatherers: Love Poetry, 2003; Sound Barrier: Selected Poems, 2002. Address: c/o Bloodaxe Books, PO Box 1SN, Newcastle NE99 1SN, England.