Megan Nolan

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Megan Nolan
Born1990 (age 3334)
County Waterford, Ireland
OccupationJournalist, novelist

Megan Nolan (born 1990) [1] is an Irish journalist and author from County Waterford. Her debut novel, Acts of Desperation, [2] was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize [3] and shortlisted for the Betty Trask Award for debut novels. [4]

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Biography

Nolan's father Jim Nolan was a theatre director and founder of the Red Kettle theatre company based in Waterford. [5] [6] She studied film studies and French at Trinity College Dublin, but dropped out before completion of her studies. [7] [6]

She has written essays and literary criticism for the New Statesman . [2] In 2018 she wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times that detailed how she had come to hate England and English people. [8]

Acts of Desperation was shortlisted for the Betty Trask Award for debut novels in 2022. [4] Ordinary Human Failings was also shortlisted for the 2023 Gordon Burn Prize for “books that push boundaries, cross genres or otherwise challenge readers’ expectations.” [9] [10]

Awards

YearWorkAwardResultRef
2021 Acts of Desperation Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award Shortlisted [11]
2022

Betty Trask Award

Won [4]
Dylan Thomas Prize Longlisted [12]
2023Ordinary Human Failings Gordon Burn Prize Shortlisted [13]
NeroFictionShortlisted [14]

Bibliography

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References

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  2. 1 2 Feigel, Lara (3 March 2021). "Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan review – learning to say no". TheGuardian.com .
  3. "Diverse and global voices dominate the longlist for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize". Swansea.ac.uk . Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
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  6. 1 2 Clark, Alex (26 February 2021). "Megan Nolan: 'When I think back, the way I drank was crazy. Everyone I knew did it'". TheGuardian.com .
  7. McGrath, Maedhbh (8 July 2023). "Megan Nolan: 'In England, you're supposed to hate someone who has a tiny bit more than you'". Independent.ie .
  8. Nolan, Megan (18 October 2018). "I Didn't Hate the English — Until Now". nytimes.com . Retrieved 7 February 2024.
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  11. team, Code8. "Past Years". Young Writer of the Year Award. Retrieved 8 February 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. "Here is the longlist for the 2022 Dylan Thomas Prize". Literary Hub. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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  14. Creamer, Ella (21 November 2023). "Paul Murray and Fern Brady shortlisted for inaugural Nero awards". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 8 February 2024.