Maggie O’Dwyer was born in Dublin in 1951. Since graduation from art college in 1974 her work has been exhibited widely and included in the Royal Hibernian Academy Exhibitions. In 2000 she won a scholarship to the Eastern Washington University Writing Workshop and was awarded a place in the Poetry Ireland Introduction Series in 2007. She has been shortlisted in the Feile Filiochata International Competition, Davoren Hanna and the satirical category of the Strokestown Poetry Competition.