Delaney, Frank

Frank Delaney was born in Tipperary in 1942. A prolific author of history, biography, and fiction, his fiction includes The Sins of the Mothers (London, HarperCollins 1992); Telling the Pictures (HarperCollins 1993); A Stranger in Their Midst (HarperCollins 1995); The Amethysts (HarperCollins 1997); My Dark Rosaleen (London, Hutchinson, 1998); Desire and Pursuit (HarperCollins 1998); Pearl […]

Donoghue, Emma

Emma Donoghue was born in Dublin in 1969. Her novels are Stirfry (London, Hamish Hamilton, 1994/New York: HarperCollins, 1994); Hood (Hamish Hamilton, 1995); Slammerkin (London, Virago, 2000/New York, Harcourt, 2000); The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits (Virago, 2002/ Harcourt, 2002); Life Mask (Harcourt/Virago, 2004); Landing, (New York, Harcourt, 2007); Room (London, Picador/New York, Little, […]

Kostick, Conor

Conor Kostick is an historian and a writer of fiction for children and young adults. His fictional works are Epic (Dublin, O’Brien, 2004); Saga (O’Brien, 2006); The Book of Curses (O’Brien, 2007); and Move (O’Brien, 2008). His non-fiction publications include Revolution in Ireland (London, Pluto Press, 1996); The Social Structure of the First Crusade (Leiden, […]

Mac Annaidh, Seamas

Seamas Mac Annaidh born Dublin 1961, and grew up and was educated Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh. His novels are Cuaifeach Mo Londubh Buí (Baila Átha Cliath, Coiscéim 1983); Mo Dhá Mhicí (Coiscéim 1986); Rubble Na Mickies (Coiscéim, 1990); An Deireadh (Coiscéim, 1996) and Diosco De (Coiscéim, 2006). His short story collections are Féirín, Scéalta agus Eile […]