Born in South Yorkshire, educated in Scotland, where he studied Architecture and Urban Design, John Sewell worked for many years as a conservation architect for the Peak District National Park.

He was a finalist in the Arvon International Poetry Competition in 1987 and included in Poetry Review’s New British Poets II, 1990. He has had two collections published: The Imbolc Bride (Littlewood Arc) and Bursting The Clouds (Cape). He lives in Shropshire and is a member of Border Poets.