David Wheatley was born in Dublin in 1970. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he edited Icarus and College Green, and where he now co-edits Metre. He won the Friends Provident (Irish) National Poetry Competition in 1994; his poems have appeared in numerous journals, including The Irish Times, Agenda, P.N. Review, The Irish Review, Thumbscrew, Verse, Oxford Poetry and Stand. His first collection appears from Gallery Press this year.