Slow Burning Fires

Diana Brodie was born in New Zealand. After graduating with an M.A. in English Language and Literature from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and also obtaining teaching qualifications and experience, she emigrated to the United Kingdom. After two years in London and extensive travels in Europe, she settled in Cambridge, first becoming part of the team working for Joseph Needham, the eminent sinologist and Master of Gonville and Caius College, and later working as administrator for a consultancy specializing in education projects in developing countries. Giotto’s Circle, her first collection, was published by Poetry Salzberg in 2013.