John Paul Kirkham

John Paul Kirkham is a poet, photographer and writer living in the city of Liverpool and is the author of many books including the well known anthology of poetry “In Violet” and is the official biographer of Saint Clare of Assisi and Saint Gemma Galgani.

John Paul studied in the 1970’s at the John Laird School of Art in Merseyside leading to a long career as a photographer firstly in forensics (yes the scary stuff of “Silent Witness”) then general press, running a studio, advertising, documentary film making and managing Britains largest private photographic and film archive. John Paul notably spent twelve years on Kensington Palace’s royal photographic rota with HRH Diana - Princess of Wales and over the years has featured on television, radio and as a real life character in Blake Morrisons book of stories "Too True"

The poetry started in the early days before art college and harnessing light and shade on film progressed to capturing words on the page leading to the publication of numerous books.