Séamas O'Reilly
Séamas O’Reilly is a columnist for the Observer and writes about media and politics for the Irish Times, New Statesman, Guts, and VICE. He lives in Hackney with his family.
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Niall Williams
Niall Williams studied English and French Literature at University College Dublin and graduated with a MA in Modern American Literature. He moved to New York in 1980 where he married Christine Breen. His first job in New York was opening boxes of books in Fox and Sutherland's Bookshop in Mount Kisco. He later worked as a copywriter for Avon Books in New York City before leaving America with Chris in 1985 to attempt to make a life as a writer in Ireland. They moved on April 1st to the cottage in west Clare that Chris's grandfather had left eighty years before to find his life in America.
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His first four books were co-written with Chris and tell of their life together in Co Clare.
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Patrick Radden Keefe
Patrick Radden Keefe is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of The Snakehead and Chatter. His work has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Slate, New York, and The New York Review of Books. He received the 2014 National Magazine Award for Feature Writing, for his story "A Loaded Gun," was a finalist for the National Magazine Award for Reporting in 2015 and 2016, and is also the recipient of an Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fellowship at the New America Foundation and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
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Claire Keegan
Claire Keegan was raised on a farm in Wicklow. She completed her undergraduate studies at Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana and subsequently earned an MA at The University of Wales and an M.Phil at Trinity College, Dublin.
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Her first collection of stories, Antarctica, was a Los Angeles Times Book of the Year. Her second, Walk the Blue Fields, was Richard Ford’s book of the year. Her works have won several awards including The Hugh Leonard Bursary, The Macaulay Fellowship, The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, The Martin Healy Prize, The Olive Cook Award, The Kilkenny Prize, The Tom Gallon Award and The William Trevor Prize, judged by William Trevor. Twice was Keegan the recipient of the Francis MacManus Award. She was also a Wingate -
Kirsten Boie
Kirsten Boie was born in Hamburg in 1950. She studied German and English literature and wrote a doctoral thesis on a topic in the field of literary research. She worked as a secondary school teacher in Hamburg from 1978 until 1983. When she adopted a child she had to stop teaching and began to write. Her first book "Paule ist ein Glücksgriff" (1985) was very well received and won several awards.
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Since then she has published more than 60 books for children and teens that have been translated into many languages. Special mention must be made of her novels for young adults that critically examine social issues and display literary innovation. In addition to the many awards she has won, her complete works have been nominated for the Hans Christi -
Peig Sayers
Seanchaí agus dírbheathaisnéisí Éireannach ab ea í Peig Sayers (1873 - 1958).
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Tháinig Peig Sayers ar an saol i nDún Chaoin, baile beag i gContae Chiarraí, Éire. Phós sí Pádraig Ó Gaoithín ón mBlascaod Mór, agus d'aistrigh sí ansin leis. Ní raibh léamh ná scríobh aici, ach seanchaí den scoth ab ea í. Ba dual athar di é, nó nuair a bhí sí óg, chluineadh sí na mílte scéalta agus eachtraí á n-insint ag a hathair agus é ag déanamh airneáin le fir an bhaile. Dheachtaigh sí a cuid scéalta do Sheosamh Ó Dálaigh ó Choimisiun Bealoideasa Eireann. Tá cáil uirthi de bharr a dírbheathaisnéise, Peig. B'é a mac, Micheál, a bhreac an scéal síos uaithi, agus foilsíodh an leabhar sa bhliain 1936. Tá an leabhar ar bharr a theanga ag gach duine a thóg scrúdú Ga -
Louise Kennedy
Louise Kennedy grew up near Belfast. Trespasses is her first novel. She is also the author of a collection of short stories, The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac. She has written for The Guardian, The Irish Times, and BBC Radio 4. Before becoming a writer, she worked as a chef for almost thirty years. She lives in Sligo, Ireland
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Colin Barrett
Colin Barrett was born in 1982 and grew up in County Mayo. In 2009 he completed his MA in Creative Writing at University College Dublin and was awarded the Penguin Ireland Prize. His work has been published in The Stinging Fly magazine and in the anthologies, Sharp Sticks, Driven Nails (Stinging Fly Press, 2010) and Town and Country (Faber and Faber, 2013).
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Tõnu Õnnepalu
An Estonian author and poet who also writes as Emil Tode and Anton Nigov.
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Õnnepalu was born in Tallinn and studied biology at the University of Tartu from 1980 to 1985. He began his writing career as a poet in 1985 and has published three collections of his works. In 1993 he garnered international attention when his novel Piiririik (English translation: "Border State") was published under his pen name 'Emil Tode'. The book was translated into 14 languages and became the most translated Estonian book of the 1990s. That year, he received the annual literary award given by the Baltic Assembly.
Õnnepalu's work often explores topics such as homosexuality, isolation and betrayal.
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Colm Tóibín
Colm Tóibín FRSL, is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, critic, and poet. Tóibín is currently Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University in Manhattan and succeeded Martin Amis as professor of creative writing at the University of Manchester.
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Gráinne Murphy
Gráinne grew up and currently resides in rural West Cork, working as a self-employed language editor specialising in human rights and environmental issues. Some of Gráinne’s earlier novels were shortlisted for the Caledonia Novel Award 2019, the Irish Writers’ Centre Novel Fair 2019, the Luke Bitmead Bursary 2016 and the Virginia Prize for Fiction 2014. In short fiction, her story Further West placed third in the Zoetrope All-Story Contest 2018, and was long-listed for the Sunday Times Audible short story award in 2021.
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Guntis Berelis
Berelis ir studējis Latvijas Universitātes Fizikas un matemātikas fakultātē (1979—1981) un Latvijas Universitātes Filoloģijas fakultātes Bibliotēku zinātnes un bibliogrāfijas nodaļā.Strādājis par bibliotekāru Skujenē, kā arī žurnālā "Karogs" (1989—1992 un 2003—2010). 1986. gadā sācis publicēt literāros darbus. Izdevis vairākus stāstu krājumus, grāmatas bērniem. Tāpat rakstījis par postmodernisma iezīmēm latviešu prozā un citām tēmām. Par grāmatu "Neēd šo ābolu, tas ir mākslas darbs", kurā ir apskatīta 1990. gadu latviešu proza, saņēmis literatūras gada balvu literatūrzinātnē. 1994. gadā kļuvis par Latvijas Rakstnieku savienības biedru.
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G. Bereļa aktīvākais darbības laiks ir 20. gs. 90. gadi, kad viņš daudz raksta par jaunāko latviešu prozu, -
Donal Ryan
Donal Ryan is the author of the novels The Spinning Heart, The Thing About December, the short-story collection A Slanting of the Sun, and the forthcoming novel All We Shall Know. He holds a degree in Law from the University of Limerick, and worked for the National Employment Rights Authority before the success of his first two novels allowed him to pursue writing as a full-time career.
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Ene Sepp
Ene Sepp is an Estonian writer who started her first book when she was just 14 years old. By now she has published 12 books which critics and readers have praised. Besides Estonia, she has lived in Germany, Austria, New Zealand, and USA. Right now she lives in Estonia with her family and continues to write as much as possible.
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Ene Sepp on Eesti kirjanik, kes alustas esimese raamatu kirjutamist vaid 14aastaselt. Praeguseks on tema sulest ilmunud 12 raamatut, mis on pälvinud kiidusõnu nii lugejatelt kui ka kriitikutelt. Lisaks Eestile on ta elanud ka Saksamaal, Austrias, Uus-Meremaal ja USAs. Hetkel elab ta koos perega Eestis ning jätkab kirjutamisega nii palju kui võimalik. -
Kairi Look
Kairi Look on eesti kirjanik. Ta kirjutab lasteraamatuid ja proosat täiskasvanutele, novell "Relaps" on pälvinud Loomingu aastapreemia. Ta raamatuid on tõlgitud mh saksa, prantsuse, poola ja soome keelde. Ta on tõlkinud eesti keelde hollandi laste- ja noortekirjandust. Ta on ta Koolibri uue aabitsa autor.
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Kairi Look is an Estonian writer. She writes children's books and prose, and translates fiction from Dutch to Estonian. Many of her kidsbooks have been translated and awarded. She has received the annual prize of the literary magazine Looming for the best novella.
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Michael Magee
Michael Magee was born and grew up in West Belfast. He is the fiction editor of The Tangerine, and his work has appeared in Winter Papers, The Stinging Fly, and The Lifeboat, and in The 32: An Anthology of Irish Working-Class Writing. He recently received his PhD in creative writing from Queen’s University, Belfast.
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In 2014, he published his first novel, The Blame, with Salt Publishing under the name Michael Nolan.
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Tõnu Õnnepalu
An Estonian author and poet who also writes as Emil Tode and Anton Nigov.
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Õnnepalu was born in Tallinn and studied biology at the University of Tartu from 1980 to 1985. He began his writing career as a poet in 1985 and has published three collections of his works. In 1993 he garnered international attention when his novel Piiririik (English translation: "Border State") was published under his pen name 'Emil Tode'. The book was translated into 14 languages and became the most translated Estonian book of the 1990s. That year, he received the annual literary award given by the Baltic Assembly.
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Peig Sayers
Seanchaí agus dírbheathaisnéisí Éireannach ab ea í Peig Sayers (1873 - 1958).
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Tháinig Peig Sayers ar an saol i nDún Chaoin, baile beag i gContae Chiarraí, Éire. Phós sí Pádraig Ó Gaoithín ón mBlascaod Mór, agus d'aistrigh sí ansin leis. Ní raibh léamh ná scríobh aici, ach seanchaí den scoth ab ea í. Ba dual athar di é, nó nuair a bhí sí óg, chluineadh sí na mílte scéalta agus eachtraí á n-insint ag a hathair agus é ag déanamh airneáin le fir an bhaile. Dheachtaigh sí a cuid scéalta do Sheosamh Ó Dálaigh ó Choimisiun Bealoideasa Eireann. Tá cáil uirthi de bharr a dírbheathaisnéise, Peig. B'é a mac, Micheál, a bhreac an scéal síos uaithi, agus foilsíodh an leabhar sa bhliain 1936. Tá an leabhar ar bharr a theanga ag gach duine a thóg scrúdú Ga -
Nuala O'Connor
Nuala O’Connor lives in Co. Galway, Ireland. In 2019 she won the James Joyce Quarterly competition to write the missing story from Dubliners, ‘Ulysses’. Her fourth novel, Becoming Belle, was published to critical acclaim in the US, Ireland and the UK. Her most recent novel Nora is about Nora Barnacle, wife and muse to James Joyce. Nuala is editor at flash e-zine Splonk.
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Guntis Berelis
Berelis ir studējis Latvijas Universitātes Fizikas un matemātikas fakultātē (1979—1981) un Latvijas Universitātes Filoloģijas fakultātes Bibliotēku zinātnes un bibliogrāfijas nodaļā.Strādājis par bibliotekāru Skujenē, kā arī žurnālā "Karogs" (1989—1992 un 2003—2010). 1986. gadā sācis publicēt literāros darbus. Izdevis vairākus stāstu krājumus, grāmatas bērniem. Tāpat rakstījis par postmodernisma iezīmēm latviešu prozā un citām tēmām. Par grāmatu "Neēd šo ābolu, tas ir mākslas darbs", kurā ir apskatīta 1990. gadu latviešu proza, saņēmis literatūras gada balvu literatūrzinātnē. 1994. gadā kļuvis par Latvijas Rakstnieku savienības biedru.
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G. Bereļa aktīvākais darbības laiks ir 20. gs. 90. gadi, kad viņš daudz raksta par jaunāko latviešu prozu, -
Sarah Carlson
Sarah J. Carlson writes contemporary YA that delves into complex, real world problems. Professionally, she is a school psychologist.
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Sarah currently lives in the Annapolis Valley region of Nova Scotia with her husband and two children. Prior to that, she spent most of her life in Wisconsin, apart from a few years in Singapore. -
Adam Resnick
Adam Resnick is an American comedy writer from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his work writing for Late Night with David Letterman. Additionally, Resnick co-created and wrote for Get A Life with David Mirkin and Chris Elliot
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Jess Wade
Dr. Jess Wade is an award-winning physicist, activist, and science-communicator. Nano is her first book for children. She lives in London.
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