David O'Meara lives in Ottawa, Ontario. He is the author of four collections of poetry, including Storm still (McGill/Queens, 1999), The Vicinity (Brick Books, 2003), Noble Gas, Penny Black (Brick Books, 2008) and a play, Disaster, nominated for four Rideau Awards. His books have been shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award, the ReLit Prize, the Trillium Book Award, the Ottawa Book Award and he won the Archibald Lampman Award twice. His poetry has been nominated for a National Magazine Award, quoted in a Tragically Hip song, and used as libretto for a pastoral cantata for unaccompanied chorus, written by composer Scott Tresham. His most recent book is A Pretty Sight (Coach House Press, 2013). He is director of the Plan 99 Reading Series, was the founding Artistic Director for VERSeFest (Canada's International Poetry Festival) and was a jurist for the 2012 Griffin Poetry Prize. He is listed in the Canadian Who's Who (University of Toronto Press).