Erín Moure — who is also known as Erin Mouré and Eirin Moure — was born in Calgary, Alberta. She studied briefly at the University of Calgary and at the University of British Columbia in her early twenties, but is largely self-taught. She received an honorary doctorate (D.Lit.) from Brandon University in 2008 in recognition of her contributions to poetry. Her first collection of poetry, Empire, York Street (1979), was a finalist for the Governor General's Award, as were S earch Procedures (1996), O Cidadán (2002) and Little Theatres (2005). Her third volume, Domestic Fuel (1985), was awarded the Pat Lowther Prize. Her 1988 collection of poetry, Furious , won the Governor General's Award that year. Three of her works have been finalists for the Griffin Prize; two were translations — Sheep's Vigil and Notebook of Roses and Civilization (the latter translated with Robert Majzels)—and one was her own work, Little Theatres. Moure lives in Montréal and works as a freelance commercial translator, and occasionally teaches creative writing.

Her more recent books include O Cadoiro (Anansi, Toronto, 2007), Little Theatres (Anansi, 2005), O Cidadán (Anansi, 2002) and A Frame of the Book (Anansi, 1999). Her translations include Chus Pato's m-Talá, Charenton and Hordes of Writing , Fernando Pessoa/Alberto Caeiro's Sheep's Vigil by a Fervent Person , and co-translations of works by Nicole Brossard.