Chloe Michelle Howarth

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Chloe Michelle Howarth
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At the British Library's Irish Writers' Weekend in 2024
BornJuly 1996 (age 29)
Alma mater IADT
Years active2022–present
Website www.chloemichellehowarth.com

Chloe Michelle Howarth (born July 1996) is an Irish novelist based in Brighton. Her debut novel Sunburn (2023) was shortlisted for a number of accolades.

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Early life

Howarth grew up in Rosscarbery, County Cork with her two brothers. [1] She graduated from the Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology. [2]

Career

At the end of 2022, Verve Books acquired the rights to publish Howarth's debut novel Sunburn in 2023. [3] Howarth came up with the idea at the end of 2019 and began writing it at her family's house during the COVID-19 lockdown. [4] Set in a fictional Cork village amid the 1993 decriminalisation of homosexuality in Ireland, the novel follows the clandestine relationship between characters Lucy and Susannah from 1989. [5] [6] Sunburn was shortlisted for a Nero Book Award in the Debut Fiction category, [7] Discover Book of the Year at the British Book Awards [8] and the Polari First Book Prize. [9] It was also a runner-up for the adult Readers' Choice award at the Diverse Book Awards. [10]

Howarth reunited with Verve Books for the publication of her second 1960s-set Gothic novel Heap Earth Upon It in 2025. [11]

Personal life

Howarth is queer. [12] She moved to Brighton after the COVID-19 lockdown. [11]

Bibliography

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryTitleResultRef.
2023 Nero Book Awards Debut FictionSunburnShortlisted [7]
2024 British Book Awards Discover Book of the YearShortlisted [8]
Polari First Book Prize Shortlisted [9]
Diverse Book AwardsReaders' Choice – AdultRunner-up [10]

References

  1. ↑ O'Dwyer, Eimear (17 August 2023). "Lockdown notes inspired Rosscarbery writer's debut". Southern Star. Archived from the original on 13 February 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Cork writer up for British Book Awards: 'I don't want to shy away from my Irishness'". Echo. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Fraser, Katie (6 December 2022). "Verve Books nets Howarth's 'visceral' debut". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  4. ↑ Howarth, Chloe Michelle (30 October 2024). "Queer Storytelling by Chloe Michelle Howarth". Writing.ie. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  5. ↑ Marshall, Alice (9 August 2024). "Sunburn, Chloe Michelle Howarth". nb. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  6. ↑ Goudsmit, Kyra (29 October 2024). "On the Crimson Intensity of a Secret First Love: A Review of Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth". Berkeley Fiction Review. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Chloe Michelle Howarth - Sunburn". Nero Book Awards. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  8. 1 2 Anderson, Porter (8 March 2024). "British Book Awards: 2024 Books of the Year Shortlists". Publishing Perspectives. Archived from the original on 11 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  9. 1 2 "Chloe Michelle Howarth Shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize". Writing.ie. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  10. 1 2 "2024 Diverse Award Winners Announced". School Library Association. 22 October 2024. Archived from the original on 27 October 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  11. 1 2 Tivnan, Tom (22 May 2025). "Chloe Michelle Howarth follows her lauded debut with a Gothic tale of sapphic obsession". The Bookseller. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  12. ↑ Coffey, Edel (16 December 2023). "Chloe Michelle Howarth: As a young teenager I didn't know I was queer and had that why am I one degree away from everyone else?' feeling". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
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