Kathleen McCracken is the author of the poetry books Reflections (Fiddlehead 1978), Into Celebration (Coach House 1980), The Constancy of Objects (Penumbra 1988), and Blue Light, Bay and College (Penumbra 1991) which was nominated for the 1992 Governor General?s Award for Poetry. Her work has also been very widely published in both Canadian and international magazines and journals. McCracken received a B.A. and M.A. in English and Creative Writing from York University, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Toronto. Born in Markdale, Ontario, she currently lives in Greenisland, Northern Ireland, where she is a Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Ulster at Jordantown.
