Caoimhe McKeogh has a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Te Herenga Waka Victoria University. Her poetry and prose has been widely published in Australian and New Zealand journals, including Overland, Turbine, Starling, Cordite, Meniscus, and Mimicry. She was the recipient of Headland’s 2015 Frontier Prize and is now a member of Headland's editorial team.