"My poetry is born from pain and anguish, my source of which is endless... These poems have been written and chosen to reveal a glimpse of the dark world hidden behind the smiling masks we are forced to wear in public to conform to society's masquerade."
Amy Key is a poet and writer based in London. She is the author of two collections of poetry, Luxe and Isn't Forever, which was a Poetry Book Society Wild Card Choice and a Book of the Year in the Guardian, New Statesman and The Times. Her poems have been widely published and anthologised, and her essays have appeared in At the Pond, Granta, the Poetry Review and elsewhere.