Heimlich's Manoeuvre was shortlisted for the 2013 Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize. Paula Cunningham was born in Omagh and lives in Belfast where she works as a dentist. Her pamphlet A Dog called Chance was a winner in the Book & Pamphlet Competition. In 2011 she won the Hippocrates Poetry Prize (NHS section) and was shortlisted in the Edwin Morgan Prize. Paula has also written drama and short fiction; a short story appeared in Faber's Best New Irish Short Stories 2005. She currently holds an award from the Arts Council of NI. 'She has formal gifts in abundance... when her eye is on her native Ulster, magic and frightening things happen.' - Paula Meehan