Mandy Whyman fell in love with poetry and Shakespeare through her grandmother. After she got her English degree she started her writing career as a journalist in South Africa. 

Mandy taught English but now tutors and enjoys writing poetry, short stories, and novels.

'Like Water' is the book she talks about in this episode, along with how she finds her inspiration and puts her anthologies together. 

Find out more about Mandy and all her writing on her Mandy Whyman website.