Majella Cullinane writes poetry, fiction and essays. Otago University Press and Salmon Poetry, Ireland, published her second poetry collection Whisper of a Crow’s Wing in 2018. It was chosen as The Listener's Top Ten Poetry Books of 2018. She was awarded a Copyright Licensing New Zealand grant (2019) and a Creative New Zealand Arts Grant (2021) to work on her third poetry collection which will be published in 2023. She lives in Port Chalmers with her family.