W. S. Milne was born in 1953 in Aberdeen and was educated there and in Corby, Northants. He read English at Newcastle University and taught for many years in Further Education colleges in London.He has been an Associate Editor at Agenda magazine for many years, and has contributed poems and plays to magazines in England and Scotland. He has published a monograph on the poetry of Geoffrey HIll and has regularly written reviews and essays for Agenda.