:: Thomas Lynch is the author of three collections of poetry: Skating with Heather Grace, Grimalkin & Other Poems, and Still Life in Milford. His collection of essays, The Undertaking—Life Studies from the Dismal Trade, won The Heartland Prize for non-fiction, The American Book Award, and was a Finalist for the National Book Award. It has been translated into seven languages. A second collection of essays, Bodies in Motion and at Rest, won The Great Lakes Book Award. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, The Paris Review, Harper's, Esquire, Newsweek, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Irish Times, and The Times of London. His commentaries have been recorded and broadcasted by BBC Radio, RTE in Ireland and NPR. He is the recipient of grants and awards from The National Endowment for the Arts, The Michigan Council for the Arts, The Michigan Library Association, The Writers Voice Project, The National Book Foundation, The Arvon Foundation in Great Britain and The Irish Arts Council. He has read and lectured at universities and literary centers throughout Europe, The United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and across the United States. He is a regular presenter to professional conferences of funeral directors, hospice and medical ethics professionals, clergy, educators and businss leaders. He is an Adjunct Professor in the graduate creative writing program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has appeared on C-SPAN, MSNBC, The Today Show, and the PBS-Bill Moyers Series, On Our Own Terms. He lives in Milford, Michigan where, for the past twenty-five years, he has been the funeral director, and in West Clare, where he keeps an ancestral cottage.

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