Sara Berkeley was born in Dublin in 1967.
Her collections are Penn (Dublin, Raven Arts Press/Canada, Thistledown Press, 1986); Home Movie Nights (Raven Arts Press/Thistledown Press, 1989); Facts About Water, New and Selected Poems (Dublin, New Island Books/Canada, Thistledown Press/Newcastle Upon Tyne, Bloodaxe Books, 1994); Strawberry Thief (Oldcastle, Co Meath, The Gallery Press, 2005); and The View from Here (The Gallery Press, 2010), which was shortlisted for the Irish Times Poetry Now Award, 2011.
She has also published a volume of short stories, The Swimmer in the Deep Blue Dream (Raven Arts Press, 1991), and a novel, Shadowing Hannah (Dublin, New Island Books, 1999).
She lives in a rural community just north of San Francisco with her husband and daughter.
Sara Berkeley at The Gallery Press
Sara Berkeley at Web de Sol
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Sara Berkeley at The National Library of Ireland