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D. Mortimore
A London writer and poet whose work moves between memoir, fiction, and sharp cultural reflection, bringing humor and feeling to questions of gender, disability, and queer life. Their books blend personal experience with an experimental edge that keeps the writing vivid and unexpected.
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The Spirit of God as Fire; the Globe Within the Sun Our Heaven
by D. Mortimore
About the author
Based in London, D. Mortimer is a writer and poet whose work has appeared in publications including Granta, the Guardian, Vice, and DIVA. Their writing ranges across fiction, essays, and poetry, often circling identity, embodiment, and everyday life with a style that is both thoughtful and alive to surprise.
Mortimer's first book, Last Night a Beef Jerk Saved My Life, was published by Pilot Press in 2021. Their shorter work has also appeared in anthologies, including Liberating the Canon and A Queer Anthology of Sickness, where they contributed writing on gender and disability.
On their author site, Mortimer describes themself as a London writer, poet, and educator. The same source notes that they were a Techne scholar in autofiction at the University of Roehampton from 2018 to 2024, where they completed a practice-based doctorate project.