Joy Martin is 44 years old, American, and lives in England. She writes articles about culture and the arts, specialising in theatre, and her work has been published in American Theatre Magazine (New York) and Exeunt Magazine (London). She won a grant for artistic development in Creative Writing from Arts Council England in 2014, and has two undergraduate degrees in English and a Master of Research degree in Culture and the Humanities. She has just finished writing her first novel.