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| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
| Notable works | Trespasses The End of the World is a Cul de Sac |
Louise Kennedy (born 1966or1967) [1] is an Irish writer.
Louise Kennedy | |
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| Kennedy in 2023 | |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
| Notable works | Trespasses The End of the World is a Cul de Sac |
Louise Kennedy (born 1966or1967) [1] is an Irish writer.
Kennedy grew up in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, [1] and, from the age of 12, in Dublin and Kildare. [2] She worked as a chef for 30 years before joining a creative writing group at a friend's insistence. [3] She has an MA and a PhD in creative writing from Queen's University Belfast. [2]
Kennedy's early short stories appeared in publications including The Stinging Fly , The Tangerine, Banshee, Wasafiri and Ambit . [2] She was shortlisted for the 2019 and 2020 Sunday Times Short Story Awards, for "In Silhouette" and "Sparing the Heather" respectively. [4] [5]
Kennedy's first novel, Trespasses (2022), was shortlisted for the 2022 (inaugural) Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, [6] and for the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction. [7] Kennedy has said that it is "a star-crossed love story set in a small town near Belfast in 1975, at the height of the time known as The Troubles". [1]
She published a book of short stories, The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac, in 2023. They were described by Kirkus Reviews as "set in a contemporary Ireland divided by wealth and education". [8] The Guardian 's reviewer called it a "dazzling, heartbreaking debut collection", [9] and the New York Journal of Books wrote of "deep-probing, slice-of-life stories seamlessly woven in stark vignettes without a filter". [10]
She has also written for The Guardian , The Irish Times , and BBC Radio 4. [11]
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