Heather Smith Heather Smith was born in Brighton, England in 1950. She studied English and Philosophy at Manchester University for two years before, aged twenty, she made the move to Mallorca, Spain. A degree in Spanish Philology from the University of the Baleari Islands (UIB) followed and, in 2017, she was awarded an MA in Creative Writing from Oxford Brookes University. Since retiring from teaching A-level English at a Majorcan secondary school, she dedicates her time to translation projects, running a book club and her own writing which she does in both English and Spanish. In 2018 she published a book of poems: Poems of Joy and Melancholy (Ars Poetica, Oviedo, Spain). She contributed to a book of stories about Oxford in Spanish: Relatos de El Trueno Dorado (Editorial Sapere Aude). Her novella The Last Months of Violet Koski (Book Reality, Leschenault, Australia) was released in 2024 and she is currently writing a collection of short stories. Heather is a widow and has two sons and four grandchildren. Read More Read Less