Susan Millar DuMars, Irish-American poet and short fiction author, was born in Philadelphia in 1966. Millar DuMars was born and raised in Philadelphia by her mother who originated from Belfast. In 1997, she visited Galway during the Galway Arts Festival, and has since made the city her home. Her husband is the poet Kevin Higgins, and the couple have organised the 'Over the Edge' reading series. The pair have also facilitated creative writing workshops throughout Galway since 2003. Millar DuMars also teaches creative writing to students in the National University of Ireland, Galway. In 2009, DuMars and Higgins were the subject of a short documentary by Des Kilbane called 'Rhyming Couplet', which was screened at the 2009 Galway Film Fleadh. DuMars is featured on the Irish podcasting site www.podcasts.ie where she talks about her work and what makes her write, and also reads from her poetry collection. In 2020, DuMars received a bursary from the Irish Arts Council to enable her to complete work on her second book of short stories, a themed collection titled Cameos. 'Selected works American Girls, 2007. Big Pink Umbrella, 2008. Dreams for Breakfast, 2010. Lights in the Distance 2010 The God Thing, 2013 Bone Fire, 2016 Naked: New and Selected Poems'', 2019 References External links http://www.gagstag.com/an-interview-with-susan-millar-dumars/ http://www.salmonpoetry.com/details.php?ID=286 1966 births Living people Writers from Philadelphia People from County Galway American women poets 21st-century American poets 21st-century American women writers