Terence Winch has published two books of poems—Irish Musicians/American Friends (Coffee House Press, 1986), which won an American Book Award, and The Great Indoors (Story Line Press, 1995)—and a book of short stories, Contenders (Story Line Press, 1989). He received an NEA Fellowship in poetry in 1992. Winch also recorded three albums with Celtic Thunder, an Irish band he started with his brother in 1977. (updated 2001)