Órfhlaith Ní Chonaill

Órfhlaith Ní Chonaill was born in Tralee, Co. Kerry. She has been writing since she was a child, but eventually discovered that it was her ‘true’ profession when she joined the Markievicz Writers’ Group, in Sligo, during the ’80s. Her poems, short stories and interviews have been published in Force 10 and other magazines. She graduated from Trinity College with an M. Phil. (Creative Writing) in 1998. Her short story, Kikuyu Grass was shortlisted for a Hennessy Award in 1999.

Órfhlaith completed the Workshop Leadership Training course with Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) in Massachusetts in 2001. Her first novel, The Man With No Skin, was published in the USA in June 2005. She lives in Strandhill, Co. Sligo, with her husband and is the mother of two adult and independent sons.