A Quechua Confession Manual by Sheila Hillier

Short listed for Aldeburgh Prize for First Collection 2010

Awarded prestigious poetry society Hamish Canham Prize 2009

Commended in National Poetry Competition 2006

Sheila Hillier brings a life time of research skills and concern for the human condition to bear in her finely observed, subtle, rhythmic and highly original poetry. Coming to poetry later in life, Hillier applies the pursuit of excellence to her considerable life experience and wide ranging knowledge of disparate cultures to produce one of the finest debut collections.

Sheila Hillier trained at the London School of Economics and The London Hospital Medical College [Ph.D 1986] She was appointed Professor of Medical Sociology in 1992, the first sociologist to be appointed to a Chair in a UK Medical School. She has undertaken research in the UK, Trinidad and the People’s Republic of China, where she has been involved for over 30 years. Her research interests include health care organisation and the role of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China and beyond. She has also undertaken research on the health of ethnic minority groups in the UK. She was Visiting Professor at Shanghai No 2 Medical College and is currently Visiting Professor at the Chinese University Hong Kong and Professor Emeritus at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.