Gerardine Burke is a novelist and short story writer. Taking a career break from her job as a teacher of History and English to write full-time, she spent five years in the United States where she completed a creative writing course in Holyoke College, Holyoke, Massachusetts.
On her return to Ireland she joined Galway Writers' Workshop and has been working on the Editorial Board of Crannóg Magazine since its foundation.
She has been a Director of an Arts Festival in Tuam, Co Galway for many years.
She is also a former radio correspondent with North West Radio.
Tony O'Dwyer is a poet and fiction writer with long experience in publishing. He was the founder of Elm Press which published educational and learning materials for resource teachers. He is chairman of the Editorial Board of Crannóg Magazine and is also the Production Editor for that publication.
His own poetry collection, Off Guard, was published by Bradshaw Books in 2003 and his work has appeared in many journals and periodicals.
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