Sheila Fitzpatrick O'Donnell is a native of Limerick City, now living in Shanagolden, Co Limerick. She comes from a long line of poets/storytellers; her mother, known as Polly the Poet, encouraged her to pick up the pen. Her work has been published in many anthologies in Ireland and abroad.
Sheila won the Desmond O'Grady Limerick verse competition in 2009. She also won the All Ireland Limericks competition 2009 and 2011 and the Cuisle International Poetry Competition in 2013. She was shortlisted for the Desmond O'Grady Poetry Competition in 2013. Her first collection, A Bouquet of Trilogies, was published in 2010. In 2014 Sheila and Bridget Wallace took the Poetry Chair project to the streets for Limerick City of Culture.