J R ThorpJ.R. Thorp is a writer, lyricist, and librettist. She won the London Short Story Award in 2011, was shortlisted for the BBC Opening Lines Prize, and has had work published in the Cambridge Literary Review, Manchester Review, antiTHESIS, Wave Compositon, and elsewhere. She wrote the libretto for the highly acclaimed modern opera Dear Marie Stopes and has had works commissioned by the Arts Council, the Wellcome Trust, and St Paul's Cathedral. Born in Australia, she now lives in Cork, Ireland. Read More Read Less