Alf Wiltshire was born in Portsmouth in 1965 and studied at Portsmouth College of Art. His most recent exhibition was at the e.m. space gallery in Brighton. He is in addition, a practising musician and songwriter.

He started writing poetry seriously in 1996 whilst living in London, and his work has recently begun to appear in magazines and anthologies – in Poetry Now, Anchor Books and United Press.

He lives and breathes in Brighton with his partner and daughter.