I’m a writer based in Spain. My work has won the Seán O’Faoláin International Short Story Prize and an Escalator Prize from the National Centre for Writing. I’m currently working on a novella.
Awards & Prizes
- 2019 First Prize, Seán O’Faoláin International Short Story Prize
- 2018 Escalator Prize, National Centre for Writing
Publications
- 2020 ‘Come Closer’, Southword, Issue 38
Fellowships & Summer Schools
- 2023 Fellow, Sozopol Fiction Seminars, Bulgaria
- 2021 Stinging Fly Summer School, Ireland
Residencies & Writing Retreats
- 2025 Autumn Writing Retreat with Priscilla Morris, Catalonia, Spain
- 2020 Anam Cara Writer’s & Artist’s Retreat, Ireland
- 2019 Reading at the Cork International Short Story Festival
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