Gerry McGrath was born and raised in Helensburgh, Scotland. He is a graduate of Strathclyde University and worked for several years as a teacher of modern languages. His first collection of poetry A to B (Carcanet) was published in 2008. In 2004 he was a winner of the Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Award and in 2007 received a New Writer’s Bursary from the Scottish Arts Council. His poetry was included in the anthology New Poetries IV (Carcanet, 2007). He lives in North Ayrshire with his wife, Kate, and two sons, Liam and Owen.