Distinguished American poet Irene O'Garden has won or been nominated for prizes in nearly every writing category from stage to e-screen, hardcovers, as well as literary magazines and anthologies. Her critically-acclaimed play, Women on Fire, (Samuel French) played sold- out houses at Off-Broadway's Cherry Lane Theatre and was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award. O'Garden won a Pushcart Prize for her lyric essay Glad To Be Human (Untreed Reads). Harper published her first memoir Fat Girl, and her second, Risking the Rapids: How My Wilderness Journey Healed My Childhood was published by Mango (November 2018). O'Garden's poems and essays have been featured in dozens of literary journals and award-winning anthologies. FULCRUM, published in 2016 by Nirala, is her first poetry collection. Irene is also a Poetry Educator with the Hudson Highlands chapter of the national River Of Words program, connecting children to nature via poetry and art.
