Born in Staines, Middlesex, Shuttle left school at 17. She wrote her first novel at the age of 20.[1] She has lived in Falmouth, Cornwall since 1970. Married to the poet Peter Redgrove (1932–2003), they wrote the The Wise Wound together, which was published originally by Victor Gollancz Ltd. In 1978 and in print since then.

The Victor Gollancz Ltd. publishers file for the publication The Wise Wound is held in University College Cork Library as the Shuttle-Redgrove Collection. This collection was acquired in May 2019 and consists of correspondences, contemporary reviews of The Wise Wound and letters from various individuals praising the work, including the poets Ted Hughes and D.M. Thomas.

Peter Redgrove

Peter William Redgrove (2 January 1932 – 16 June 2003) was a British poet, who also wrote prose, novels and plays with his second wife Penelope Shuttle.

Born in Staines, Middlesex, Shuttle left school at 17. She wrote her first novel at the age of 20.[1] She has lived in Falmouth, Cornwall since 1970. Married to the poet Peter Redgrove (1932–2003), they wrote the The Wise Wound together, which was published originally by Victor Gollancz Ltd. In 1978 and in print since then.

The Victor Gollancz Ltd. publishers file for the publication The Wise Wound is held in University College Cork Library as the Shuttle-Redgrove Collection. This collection was acquired in May 2019 and consists of correspondences, contemporary reviews of The Wise Wound and letters from various individuals praising the work, including the poets Ted Hughes and D.M. Thomas.

Peter Redgrove

Peter William Redgrove (2 January 1932 – 16 June 2003) was a British poet, who also wrote prose, novels and plays with his second wife Penelope Shuttle.