Maureen Gallagher lives and works in Galway. She began writing poetry in 1998. Since then her work has appeared widely in Ireland, Britain, Canada, The United States and New Zealand in The Sunday Tribune, The Shop, Poetry Ireland Review, Orbis, Envoi, The Rialto, Free Lunch (US) and others. Her work has been anthologised, most recently in Divas (Arlen House publishers). Maureen was nominated for the 2005 Sunday Tribune/Hennessy Award for poetry and shortlisted for the Dunlaoghaire/Rathdown 2006 Poetry Now Award.

Maureen also writes prose and her short stories have appeared in The Sunday Tribune, Staple, The Frogmore Papers, The Dublin Quarterly, Books Ireland and West 47. She's had reviews and criticism published in Chapman, The Cork Literary Review, Staple, Poetry Ireland Review among others. She was a prizewinner in the New Writer 2002 essay competition.

Maureen has given readings of her poetry many times at poetry events including at Galway Arts Centre, the Western Writers' Centre, University College Galway and the Project Arts Centre. In June 2002, she was a finalist in the Dublin Writers' Festival/Rattlebag Poetry Slam. Her work has been broadcast on RTE's Rattlebag and on Flirt FM.