has appeared in many notable theatre productions, including Druid’s Threepenny Opera. In 2017, he had two stories published in Storytellers, New Writing from Ireland and, in 2018, a further two stories were featured in Sins, New Irish Crime Stories. He is in the process of completing his first novel.

Adrian Taheny

is a Londoner who followed her heart to Ireland in 2016. In 2017, her short story The Surprise was published in Storytellers, New Writing from Ireland and, in 2018, she had a further two stories featured in Sins, New Irish Crime Stories. She is currently working on her first novel – a psychological thriller set in the world of music and medicine.

Alix Moore

writes crime fiction with a psychological twist, drawing upon her practice as a psychotherapist to create complex plots and engaging characters. In 2018, she was selected as a finalist in the Irish Writer’s Centre Novel Fair for her novel Remember Me, and her short story Vainglorious Bastard was published in Sins, New Irish Crime Stories. In 2019, her crime novel I Will Make You Pay was published by Joffe Books, becoming an immediate bestseller.

Caroline Bale

was born in Edinburgh and lives in Dublin. Her short story Frankie was included in All Good Things Begin, an anthology of new writing. Jenny’s novel for children, The Cinderella Project, was published in 2018, and her short story A Casual Killing was included in Sins, New Irish Crime Stories.

Jenny Wright

his first two novels were fantasy adventure novels set in seventeenth century London. His third novel was a police procedural set in Yorkshire. His short stories, two of which were published in Sins, New Irish Crime Stories, include crime, supernatural, historical and children’s fiction. 

Mark Bastow

his stories have been prize-winners in the Dalkey Creates and the Maria Edgeworth Short Story Competitions, and his story The Woodpusher appears in the 2109 Fish Anthology. His historical crime novel Moriarty was a winner in the Irish Writer’s Centre 2018 Novel Fair. Two of his stories appear in Sins, New Irish Crime Stories.

Martin Keating

worked as a freelance writer and editor for magazines in the United States before moving to Ireland in 2001. Her short story The Other Woman was published in Storytellers, New Writing from Ireland in 2017 and her story Itch featured in Sins, New Irish Crime Stories in 2018. She is in the process of completing a collection of short stories entitled Body on the Beach.

Susan Rodgers

Ferdia Mac Anna is a novelist, film director, screenwriter and lecturer. He has written three novels, The Last of the High Kings (made into a Hollywood movie starring Jared Leto, Gabriel Byrne and Christina Ricci), The Ship Inspector and Cartoon City. His films include All About Eva (2016), and DannyBoy (2019).

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