Nigel Humphreys was born at Newport, Shropshire where he was educated at Adam's Grammar School. He graduated at Exeter University. Most of his and his wife's extended family still live in the Newport area and the West Midlands. However for most of his adult life he has lived with his wife on or near the coast of West Wales. He has one son. Since relaunching his writing career in 2003 he is published widely throughout the United Kingdom in Poetry Journals and Anthologies. In 2006 he won two National Poetry competitions, had honourable mentions in others and he was invited to read his work at the Hay-on-Wye Festival, Shrewsbury, the Edinburgh Festival and recently at Norwich. His work is currently on exhibition at the Aberystwyth University Arts Centre.
