Born and brought up in Kerala, India, Usha Kishore lives on the Isle of Man.  Usha was educated at the University of Kerala (India), Sheffield Hallam University (UK) and Canterbury Christ Church University (UK).  After having taught for some time in the British Secondary and Tertiary Sector in Kent and on the Isle of Man, Usha now teaches English at St Ninian’s High School. 

Usha’s poetry is internationally published and translated into German, Spanish, Gujurati, Manx Gaelic and Turkish.  Her work has won prizes in UK competitions and has been part of national and international projects. Usha’s poetry is featured in the British Primary and Secondary and Indian Middle School and Undergraduate syllabi.

Usha is the author of 3 collections of poetry and  a book of translation from the Sanskrit.  Usha has read at the House of Lords, The Nehru Centre (Indian High Commission), London and at the Manx LitFest, and on Manx Radio and Near FM Dublin.

Usha’s latest collection, Immigrant was published by Eyewear Publishing, London in 2018. Usha is currently undertaking  a PhD in  Postcolonial Poetry at Edinburgh Napier University.