Katey Nixon

Katey Nixon lives in Brockworth and her home office window overlooks the famous cheese rolling hill.  She works as an Independent Mental Health Advocate for a national charity called Rethink.  In her spare time she goes swimming, spends time with friends, and writes poetry.  She is currently studying one module of the University of Gloucestershire's Creative Writing Program.  She is also learning Mandarin.


Katey moved into social care after finding that her voluntary work as an advocate meant more to her than working as a computer programmer.  She studied economics at York University and only started writing poetry whilst doing the Artist Way course with lecturer T Sansome at Hawkwood College.


She was first prize winner in the Winter 2008 JBWB Poetry Competition with her poem Watching the Kite