Joolz Denby (born as Julianne Mumford on 9 April 1955) is an English poet, novelist, illustrator, painter and tattooist based in Bradford, Yorkshire (UK). In 1975, at age 19, she married Kenneth Denby and took his family name. She first came to prominence touring as a spoken word performance poet. She began recording music and spoken word recordings in 1983, often in collaboration with New Model Army members or with Jah Wobble. She also wrote record and concert reviews for the UK magazine Spiral Scratch, and has on started publishing poetry collections and novels from 1986 onwards.