Áine Uí Fhoghlú is a poet and teenage fiction writer who comes from the Waterford Gaeltacht. She has published four collections of poetry to date. She has received commissions and bursaries from The Arts Council, Ealaín na Gaeltachta and Foras na Gaeilge. Awards won for her writing include the Michael Hartnett Poetry Award, Oireachtas na Gaeilge Literary awards, Strokestown Duais na Gaeilge award, Listowel Writers’ Week, The Kavanagh Fellowship and the Markievicz Award.