Catherine Zebrowski grew up right at the top of dead horse hill in Leicester, Massachusetts and her imagination was stirred at a young age by the stories and songs she listened to from her mother who had grown up on the west coast of Ireland. After graduating from Worcester State College, she went over to Dublin, Ireland for a year and was enriched by her studies at University College, Dublin and the many experiences she had over there. She has published two books of poetry: Immigrant and Gone Stealin'. Sleepwalking Backwards is her first novel.