I grew up in a 200 year old haunted farmhouse in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont and moved to Ireland in 1998.  My first poem, “An Ode To Unicorns” was written with full illustrations when I was five and proudly hung on the kitchen cupboard for the following fifteen years.  

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I began writing increasingly diverse poetry as a young teenager and in 1996, won a place at the esteemed Breadloaf Young Writer’s Conference in Middlebury Vermont.  That same year I bought my first car, a rusty Chevrolet pickup, with the proceeds of the Johnson State College Young Writer’s Award.

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When I was nineteen I came to Maynooth University to immerse myself in ancient Irish myth and history.  I was awarded a Bachelor’s Degree in English, History and Medieval Irish Studies, a Master’s degree in Early Medieval Irish History and Literature and a Doctorate in Medieval English Literature from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.  I was also a member of The Avoca Writers' Group.

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After over twenty-five years in Ireland, I consider myself both a Vermont and Wicklow writer. When I moved to the Wicklow Mountains, it was only a matter of time before local legends and tales of the otherworld began to creep out from the craggy hillsides, flowing and shapeshifting into my stories and poetry

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I live in Co Wicklow with my young son and partner, dog Axel, cat Smudge, and Shadow; a giant, wolfy critter who might be a dog, but is probably something else entirely.