Shirley Harber

Shirley Anne Cook is a poet and an author.

Her poems have won or been placed in a number of competitions and she has had poems published in various anthologies and magazines. She is the 2025 winner of the prestigious BRIDPORT poetry competition.

Shirley also has a passion for genealogy and local history and in 2020 she published a book about the history of Broadfield Mansion in Crawley on the estate where she was born. She has just published her second local history book, 'Tilgate House : History and Memories' about Tilgate Mansion in Crawley.

She has also written books for children under her pen name Shirley Harber.

A former primary school teacher, Shirley now lives in Buckinghamshire.