Greg Gilbert is a writer, artist and musician from Southampton and the father of two young girls, ages 4 and 2. In November 2016 he was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer with secondary lung.

He is the lead singer of the band, Delays, who have released 4 albums and was a winner of the Best in The South of England at the National Open Art Competition and exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.

Greg Gilbert’s collection Love Makes a Mess of Dying has been selected by Carol Ann Duffy for the 2019 Laureate’s Choice series.