Choman Hardi has published three books of poetry in Kurdish, but now writes in English, and Life for Us is her first English collection. She studied philosophy and psychology at Oxford and later at University College London, and has recently completed doctorate research at the University of Kent on the mental health of Kurdish women refugees between the clash of cultures.

Kerry Hardie was born in 1951 and grew up in County Down. She now lives in County Kilkenny with her husband, the writer Seán Hardie. Her poems have won many prizes, including the Michael Hartnett Award for Poetry in 2005. Her poems have featured in six Bloodaxe anthologies: Staying Alive, Being Alive, Being Human, The Poetry Cure, The New Irish Poets and Modern Women Poets.

She has published five collections with Gallery Press in Ireland: A Furious Place (1996), Cry for the Hot Belly (2000), The Sky Didn’t Fall (2003), The Silence Came Close (2006) and Only This Room (2009). Her latest book of poetry is Selected Poems (Gallery Press, Ireland & Bloodaxe Books, Britain, 2011). Her first novel, Hannie Bennet’s Winter Marriage appeared in 2000; her second, The Bird Woman was published in 2006. Kerry Hardie is a member of Aosdána.

Jackie Hardy works as a tutor and assessor in adult education. She was a prize winner of the Bloodaxe Books/Evening Chronicle Poetry Competition in 1988, and her poems have since appeared in many magazines. For the last five years she has edited Blithe Spirit, the journal of the British Haiku Society. She lives in the Tyne Valley in Northumberland.

Fraser Harrison is a British writer. He has written several books, including the novel High on the Hog , the memoir A Father's Diary and two radio plays. He has also written for a number of newspapers and magazines, including the Sunday Times, and contributed to BBC radio.

Flambard Press published Fraser Harrison's novel, Minotaur in Love in 2007.