Haunting, distinctive, sophisticated and sensual, The Shape of a Forest moves evocatively from the historical to the contemporary: Genghis Kahn surveys his territory whilst Amelia Earhart disappears into myth. The Belvedere Apollo is dug up heralding the onset of The Renaissance as the Pendle witches are hung in Lancashire, and in tsunami-struck Japanese gardens and New York hotel rooms, lives are loosened like milk teeth. Shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Award, the Roland Mathias Award and the Welsh Book of the Year Award, The Shape of a Forest is a powerful survey of life and of human experience that spans centuries and the continents.

The Undressed is a poetry collection inspired by a cache of antique nude photographs of women. King studied the photographs ranging from the 1840s to the 1930s and attempted to return voices to these mostly anonymous women lost to history. Meet Olive, the silent movie star, Karolina, 'The Folding Girl of Kotka', and Mary, the prostitute who hopes the judge she's due to stand before will turn out to be a client...

These poems of desire, loss and revenge explore lives caught in the gravity of their own orbit. Haunting, distinctive and sensual, debut poetry collection The Shape of a Forest has unblinking scope. This sophisticated debut collection moves from the historical to the contemporary: Genghis Kahn surveys his territory whilst Amelia Earhart disappears to myth. The Belvedere Apollo is dug up heralding the onset of The Renaissance as a tiger meets a foe in a Siberian Forest, the Pendle witches are hung in Lancashire, and in tsunami-struck Japanese gardens, South Sea islands and New York hotel rooms, lives are loosened like milk teeth. The Shape of a Forest is a powerful survey of life and of human experience that spans centuries and the continents.