15 Facts About Roz Kaveney

Roz Kaveney was born on 9 July 1949 and is a British writer, critic, and poet, best known for her critical works about pop culture and for being a core member of the Midnight Rose collective.

Roz Kaveney has contributed to several newspapers such as The Independent and The Guardian.

Roz Kaveney is a founding member of Feminists Against Censorship and a former deputy chair of Liberty.

Roz Kaveney was an editor of the transgender-related magazine META.

Roz Kaveney attended Pembroke College, Oxford, where she participated in a poetry group that had a particular interest in Martian poetry and shared a flat with Christopher Reid.

Roz Kaveney is a transgender woman, who began transition in her last year at Oxford.

Since the late 1970s Roz Kaveney has been a prolific cultural critic.

Roz Kaveney has written reviews and essays for numerous publications, including science fiction and fantasy periodicals such as Vector and Foundation, and The Times Literary Supplement.

Roz Kaveney is known for editing books which contain a range of essays about popular films and television shows, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Battlestar Galactica.

Roz Kaveney later edited the short story collections Tales From the Forbidden Planet and More Tales From the Forbidden Planet, which featured contributions from authors including Iain Banks, Gwyneth Jones, Michael Moorcock, Larry Niven, Rachel Pollack, and Terry Pratchett.

Roz Kaveney gave up poetry in her twenties, not resuming until reaching 50.

Roz Kaveney's poetry was originally written in a rhythmic free verse, although her work later shifted into formalism.

Roz Kaveney cites a number of bereavements as the trigger for returning to poetry.

In 1988, Roz Kaveney made an extended appearance on the television discussion After Dark with among others Andrea Dworkin and Anthony Burgess.

In 2021 Roz Kaveney appeared in the documentary Rebel Dykes, which explores the history of a radical lesbian subculture in 1980s London, England.