Eleanor Rees

Eleanor K. Rees (born 1978) is a British poet.

She graduated with a BA in English Literature from the University of Sheffield in 2001, and a MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia in 2002. She has a PhD from the University of Exeter. She has published three collections of poetry. She received an Eric Gregory Award in 2002. Andraste's Hair was shortlisted for the Forward Prize Best First Collection and the Glen Dimplex New Writers Award for Poetry. Her second collection is Eliza and the Bear from which the band take their name. Her third collection is 'Blood Child', Pavilion Poets/Liverpool University Press, 2015.

• 2002 Eric Gregory Award