Antony Dunn was born in 1973. His first collection of poems, Pilots and Navigators, was published by Oxford in 1998, making him the youngest poet on the Oxford Poets list. His second book Flying Fish was published by Carcanet in 2002. He won a Newdigate Prize in 1995, and an Eric Gregory Award in 2000. Antony Dunn lives in York where he works for the Riding Lights Theatre Company.