Born in Gloucestershire, he gained a first in his BA in English at University of Gloucestershire, and a distinction in his MA at the same institution.
Daniel’s writing first began to be published whilst studying at University, and in 2012 his debut poetry collection Absence has a weight of its own was published to critical acclaim by Nine Arches Press. He was named one of Huffington Post’s Top 5 British Poets to Watch in 2015, the same year his second book the terrible was released. Daniel has recently co-edited the first major UK Disability Poetry Anthology Stairs and Whispers: D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back with Sandra Alland and Khairani Barokka. He has previously held editing roles at Iota and Dead Ink, and he has studied towards a PHD in disability poetics, funded by an AHRC award from Midlands3Cities. His third collection, single window, was published through Nine Arches Press in September 2021, and you can read a review of it in The Guardian.
He tweets @danielsluman.