MEET THE TEAM
JEAN G-OWEN is the founder of Naked Figleaf Press and its imprint Figmentum Books. She is a writer, publisher, editor and performer. In 2024 she established The Figlet, a vibrant magazine showcasing Isle of Wight writers and illustrators. In 2025, she established Figmentum Folio, a digital literary folio of fiction, essays, poetry, visual culture and reflective criticism. She curates events including In Her Own Words and Figarama: The Write Way, creating spaces where spoken and written performances are celebrated. Her background as an academic—she holds a doctorate in Cultural Studies and Humanities—shapes the depth and resonance of her creative work.
HILLARD MORLEY studied English Language and Literature at the University of Durham, before a long career teaching English and Drama, she is now sub-editor at Figmentum. Many of her short stories have been published in literary journals, to which she is still a regular contributor. She has won the OWT Short Fiction Prize and has been featured on BBC Upload. Hillard also performs and recently played the poet Charlotte Mew in StoneCrabs Theatre’s “Places and Faces Literary Walk”. She now lives on the Isle of Wight with her husband—and her cat.
KARL WHITMORE grew up in the West Midlands and studied Children’s Illustrations at Glyndwr University in Wrexham. He worked for Ottaker’s in Coventry, was a judge in the Children’s Book Prize and moved to Isle of Wight in 2009. He has written several successful plays for the Apollo Youth Theatre in Newport and acts with various Island theatre groups. He is the in-house illustrator and advisor for Naked Figleaf Press.
