Jasmine Donahaye holds a BA in Celtic Studies from UC Berkeley, and a PhD in English from Swansea University. She worked for many years in the publishing sector and at the Welsh Books Council, and now lectures in Creative Writing at Swansea University. Her publications include poetry, cultural criticism, fiction and creative non-fiction. Her poetry collection, Misappropriations was shortlisted for the Jerwood Aldeburgh first collection prize, and Self-Portrait as Ruth was longlisted for Wales Book of the Year. Her monograph Whose People? Wales, Israel, Palestine was published in 2012 by the UWP.