Dervla McTiernan

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Dervla McTiernan
Born
County Cork, Ireland
NationalityIrish/Australian
OccupationCrime writer
Children2

Dervla McTiernan is an Irish crime novelist. [1]

Early life and career

Dervla McTiernan was born in County Cork, growing up initially in Carrigaline and Douglas before her father's work in the bank took her to Dublin, aged six, and then Limerick. She is one of a family of seven. [2] [3]

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McTiernan studied corporate law in University College Galway and went on to become a solicitor, training in Dublin. She returned to County Galway, to Oranmore, to build her own legal practice, working in it for about twelve years. By then she was married to her husband Kenny, an engineer and they had a daughter, with a son on the way. Ireland hit a recession and the couple decided to move to Australia. [3] [2] She is now an Australian citizen. [1]

Australia and writing career

McTiernan and her husband settled in Perth, Western Australia, where McTiernan got a part-time job working with the Mental Health Commission. [2] [3] [4]

In 2014, McTiernan decided to give writing a serious try. Her first novel was published in 2018, and went on to win multiple awards. She continued with further works of crime fiction, for a total of three novels in a series, two standalone novels, and three novellas. [5] [2] [4] [6]

Awards and recognition

YearWorkAwardResultRef
2018 The Rúin The Guardian's Not the Booker PrizeShortlisted
2019 Davitt Award Won [5] [2] [4] [6] [7] [8] [3]
Barry Award best paperback bookWon [5] [2] [4] [6] [7] [8] [3]
Ned Kelly Award best first novelWon [5] [2] [4] [6] [7] [8] [3]
RUSA Reading ListMysteryShortlisted
2020The Scholar International Thriller Writers Awards Best Paperback Original NovelWon [9]
Davitt Award best adult crime novelShortlisted [10]
Ned Kelly Award best crime fictionShortlisted [11]
RUSA Reading ListMysteryShortlisted
2021The Good Turn Australian Book Industry Awards General fiction book of the yearShortlisted [12]
2022 Barry Award best paperback bookWon

Adaptation

As of 2019, her first novel was being adapted for film by Irish actor Colin Farrell and his production company. [13]

Bibliography

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  8. 1 2 3 McManus, Darragh (2 March 2019). "The Scholar: Tension, twists and turns in smart Galway mystery". Independent.ie. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "McKinty, McTiernan win 2020 Thriller Awards". Books+Publishing. 14 July 2020. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Davitt Awards 2020 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 17 July 2020. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "Ned Kelly Awards 2020 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 26 August 2020. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  12. ↑ "ABIA 2021 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 12 April 2021. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  13. ↑ Steger, Jason (31 August 2019). "Boom time for Dervla McTiernan with Davitt Awards win and Colin Farrell developing film adaptation of The Ruin". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
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