Alex Woodcock is a writer and stonemason from the south coast of England. After completing a doctorate on medieval sculpture he worked for six years at Exeter Cathedral in Devon, where he helped repair the internationally significant west front. He has published work on Romanesque and Gothic stone sculpture, surrealist artists and the landscapes and geology of the south and southwest coasts of England. He is an award-winning poet and essayist, and in 2013 was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.