Kerry Hardie has published five collections of poetry, the most recent of which is Only this room. She has also published two novels andis working on a third. Her Selected poems have been published by the Gallery Press, Ireland, and Bloodaxe, UK, in March. She has won many prizes, including the Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Award for Poetry, University of St Thomas, Minnesota; the Michael Hartnett Award; and the Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Award for Poetry.