Nathan Thompson grew up on the south coast of Cornwall and studied at the University of Exeter, where he later lectured part-time in musicology. After a number of years in the Channel Islands, during which time he set up the PoAttic reading series at Jersey's Opera House, he now lives in Ordsall. He is currently undertaking a PhD centred on psychogeography and contemporary poetry while working as a graduate teaching assistant at Salford University.