Michelle McGrane was born in Zimbabwe in 1974, spent her childhood in Malawi, and moved to South Africa with her family when she was fourteen. Her poetry has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. She is the author of Fireflies & Blazing Stars (2002) and Hybrid (2003). She lives in Johannesburg and blogs at peony moon.

Books by Michelle McGrane:

Other poems on the web by Michelle McGrane:
"Lunar Postcards"
Five poems
Two poems
Two poems
Three poems
Three poems
"Gone"
Three poems
"weightless world"
"She Walks On Water"

Michelle McGrane's Blog.

Michelle McGrane According to Wikipedia.

Michelle McGrane on Twitter.

About The Suitable Girl:

"Every poem in The Suitable Girl grabs the reader immediately and then proceeds to take them, by a surprising route, to its strange conclusion, taking in much wit, irony, lyricism and sensual detail on the way. These are trips well worth the taking."
—Joanne Limburg