Karen Gillece was born in Dublin in 1974.
Her novels are Seven Nights In Zaragoza (Dublin, Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005); Longshore Drift (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2006); My Glass Heart (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2007); and The Absent Wife (Hachette Books Ireland, 2008).
Her short stories have appeared in Moments: Irish Women Writers In Aid Of The Tsunami Victims (Clé, 2005) and in The New Hennessy Book Of Irish Fiction ( New Island, 2005).
She was awarded the European Union Prize for Literature in 2009.
She lives in Dublin.
Karen Gillece’s website
Karen Gillece at The Lisa Richards Agency
Karen Gillece at The National Library of Ireland