Tom Conaty was born in 1957 in Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan. He served as a member of the Board with Poetry Ireland and a regular contributor to poetry programmes on RTE.

His poetry has been published widely and broadcast on National Radio. He has been involved in many innovative Arts Projects in Education. His first collection of Poetry 'Exaltation of Starlings' was published in 2010. He now lives in Dublin.