Kim Squirrell is a multidisciplinary artist and writer. Her work is inspired by cultural and personal history and the landscape of West Dorset where she lives and works. She has a background in experiential environmental education and developed a program of learning though storytelling. In 2021 she was shortlisted for the James Berry Poetry Prize and in 2022 won the SKY Arts RSL Fiction award. Kim’s most recent work as Literature Works writer in residence was to create site specific installations and poetry to explore Exeter’s maritime heritage and the lives of working people past and present.