Elizabeth Reapy

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Elizabeth Reapy
GenreFiction
Notable worksRed Dirt
Notable awardsRooney Prize

Elizabeth Reapy is an Irish writer. She won the 2017 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. [1]

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Life

She graduated from NUI Galway, University College Cork, and Queen's University Belfast. [2]

She edited the 2012 30 Under 30: A selection of short fiction by thirty young Irish writers. [3]

Works

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References

  1. "Elizabeth Reapy wins 2017 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature". 25 September 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2019 via www.rte.ie.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Doyle, Martin. "Elizabeth Reapy awarded Rooney Prize for Irish Literature". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  3. "30 under 30 edited by Elizabeth Reapy". www.doirepress.com. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  4. "Book review: Red Dirt". www.irishexaminer.com. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  5. Reapy, Elizabeth. "Red Dirt, a thriller inspired by the lost Irish I met in Australia". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 May 2019.