Edward Storey
Encyclopedia
Edward Storey is an English
writer. He was born at Whittlesey
, which was then part of the Isle of Ely
in Cambridgeshire
, and the Fens have inspired some of his work.
Before becoming a full time writer in the late 1960s, he worked in adult education for the Peterborough City Education Authority. His first volume of poetry (North Bank Night) was published in 1969. In Fen Boy First (1994) he accounts his childhood growing up in Whittlesey, and in Fen Country Christmas (1995) he collects a number of stories, legends and fenland superstitions. In one of his earlier works Portrait of the Fen Country (1971) he reflects upon his childhood understanding of the world as it was shaped by his fenland experience.
He has recently moved to Wales
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
writer. He was born at Whittlesey
Whittlesey
Whittlesey, historically known as Whittlesea as the name of the railway station is still spelt, or Witesie, is an ancient Fenland market town around six miles east of Peterborough in the county of Cambridgeshire in England...
, which was then part of the Isle of Ely
Isle of Ely
The Isle of Ely is a historic region around the city of Ely now in Cambridgeshire, England but previously a county in its own right.-Etymology:...
in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, and the Fens have inspired some of his work.
Before becoming a full time writer in the late 1960s, he worked in adult education for the Peterborough City Education Authority. His first volume of poetry (North Bank Night) was published in 1969. In Fen Boy First (1994) he accounts his childhood growing up in Whittlesey, and in Fen Country Christmas (1995) he collects a number of stories, legends and fenland superstitions. In one of his earlier works Portrait of the Fen Country (1971) he reflects upon his childhood understanding of the world as it was shaped by his fenland experience.
He has recently moved to Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
.