April Tierney is a poet, activist, craftswoman, mother, and lover of stories. Her work follows threads of ecopoetics, myth, culture, and lineage. She has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize and featured in Orion Magazine, Deep Times: A Journal of the Work that Reconnects, Clarion Poetry Magazine, and Real Ground Journal, among others.

April is the author of three full length collections of poetry, including Memory Keeper (Wayfarer Books 2022) with a forthcoming collection due out in August 2024. She is also a contributor in several anthologies, including Dawn Songs: A Birdwatcher's Field Guide to the Poetics of Migration edited by Jamie K Reaser and J Drew Lanham.

April is a collaborative artist at heart. She has read poetry alongside musicians, vocalists, illustrators, photographers, abstract painters, dancers, essayists, and storytellers. She also guides nature-based writing classes for adults and kids as well as seasonal art making workshops. Readings and events are held in person and online.