Sara Berkeley grew up in Ireland. She has had seven collections of poetry published, also a novel and a collection of short stories. Her poetry has been widely anthologized, nominated for a Pushcart Prize and the Irish Times Poetry Now award.

In 2023, The Last Cold Day (published by Wake Forest University Press as Some of the Things I've Seen) won the inaugural Yeats Society Sligo Poetry Prize.

Sara spent many years in the San Francisco Bay Area, and now lives in New York’s Hudson Valley where she works as a hospice nurse.

"Berkeley's bravery is magnificent, her palliative courage simply astonishing."

Thomas McCarthy, Dublin Review of Books

This collection is rendered with unwavering honesty as well as the understated humanity and grace that are hallmarks of her work.

Dermot Bolger, Sunday Business Post

"This is a book of almost apocalyptic journeys, alive with colour and movement across huge vistas."

Martina Evans, The Irish Times

Praise for The Last Cold Day / Some of the Things I've Seen

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