Profile: Anna Wardley

Anna Wardley, 36, lives in Hampshire. She is a professional writer, communicator and swimmer. Born in Sheffield, she has lived and worked in London, New York, Buenos Aires, Australia and Hong Kong.

Ode to an Arvon room mate:

Anna, Anna, Anna
if you pardon the expression
I don't wanna put a spanner
in your Channel swimming mission,

but I can't understand why
you would go through all that torture,
there's nothing more insaner
14 hours in icy water...?

But Anna, Anna, Anna
I admire your gung-ho spirit,
you'll never be an 'also ranner'
write your book at put me in it.

By Anna's roomy, Fi Read.

Creative Non-Fiction course, The Hurst, Arvon Foundation
December 2008