Greg Simison was born in Guildford, Surrey, England in 1946. His parents moved
the family to Canada in 1954, when Simison was 8 years old. Simison finished his
schooling in Canada and studied English Literature and Creative Writing at the
University of Calgary, Alberta. In Calgary, Simison became known for his
organisational abilities in the poetry community. Simison moved to the Okanagan
Valley in 1978. Since moving to the Okanagan, Greg Simison has been an
omnipresent figure in literary and cultural events in the region. His poetry has
been published in national and international periodicals. He is a co-founder
(along with John Lent) of the Kalamalka Press and his volume, The
Possibilities of Chinese Trout (1986) was the catalyst for the Kalamalka New
Writers’ Poetry Competition.
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