Austin Duffy
Blending science with life, Austin Duffy’s retrained, yet hauntingly beautiful debut novel, centres on a New York based Irish oncologist who has retreated from the ward to the lab. He is trying to find a breakthrough […]
Dave Rudden
As a young kid, Dave told stories to his classmates. A lonely child, he would walk, and make up movies in his head. Dave started writing at college, posting on fan forum sites. “They were my […]
Caitriona Palmer
Caitríona Palmer is almost quivering with nerves when we meet to discuss her adoption story. She’s not worried about the book’s reception; early reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. An Affair with my Mother is not only […]
Kate McQuaile
After school Kate set off for London pursuing the early music scene. Working in temp secretarial jobs, she took singing lessons and took part in amateur music making. Then, after a spell with the Royal Aeronautical […]
Mona Awad
As a child, Mona wrote fairy stories for her mother. “I’ve been enjoying stories and trying to write them for as long as I can remember.” After studying in England and Scotland, Mona married an American, […]
Andrea Hayes
Andrea always loved performing. She left college early to work in Windmill Lane. From there she went to TV3, working in Continuity before becoming a presenter. She also worked as a hostess in Lillie’s Bordello. Throughout […]
Holly Seddon
SINCE the phenomenal success of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, there has been a flurry of similar page-turners in the genre that writer Marian Keyes has couched as Grip Lit. But back in […]
Claire Harman on Charlotte Bronte
WHEN Claire Harman was a teenager she saw a film of Wuthering Heights, and was blown away by the romance of it all. Later, reading Emily Brontë’s book, she was disappointed. “I was obsessed with the […]
Paraic O’Donnell
After College Paraic entered the translation industry, working in IT. He continues to work there. In 2011 Paraic joined Twitter, and began to put together spontaneous fiction in serialised form. Starting small, after a while, his […]
Dr Keith Gaynor
At 15 Keith wanted to be a barrister; but shadowing one during a murder trial, it was the suffering families who interested him; not the crime itself. That’s when he decided to study psychology. “After UCD, […]
Clár Ní Chonghaile
Brought up as the eldest of seven, Clár was always interested in words. Gaining a place on the Graduate Training Scheme run by Reuters, She worked in London, Madrid and Paris, where she met her future […]
Fiona Barton
The daughter of a journalist, brought up in a house full of books, Fiona always loved writing. She was senior writer at the Daily Mail, news editor at The Daily Telegraph, and chief reporter at The […]