John Siddique is the author of six books the most recent of which is Full Blood. His poetry, essays and articles have featured in Granta, the Guardian, Poetry Review, The Rialto and on BBC Radio 4.  Jackie Kay speaks of Siddique’s writing as being ‘A brilliant balancing act.’

Siddique is the former British Council Writer-in-Residence at California State University, Los Angeles. Think-Tank QED considers John to be one of the 21 most influential people in the UK with South Asian heritage. John is the Royal Literary Fund Fellow at York St. John’s University and was recently awarded the title of Honorary Creative Writing Fellow by the University of Leicester in recognition of his contribution to literature.