Emma Anna Marie Clarke is originally from the thriving metropolis of Ewell Village in Surrey. She is of Dutch/Irish heritage and growing up her passion was philosophy, which she studied in Wales, living there for four years, absorbing its laid-back lifestyle. She has taught English as a foreign language in Japan, Turkey and London. She lives now in a suburb of London and its grime, congestion and pollution are themes that run through her inspired works.
Emma Anna Marie Clarke has written poetry from the age of 12, she started when her teacher was stuck for lesson ideas on rainy Friday afternoons. Her first poem was about a mouse called Freddy! Later English teachers, specifically a Mrs Huggett, encouraged writing poetry too, and so by the age of 17...
