Lisa McInerney

Lisa McInerney (born 1981) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, and original blogger. She is best known for some novels which won literary awards.

Lisa McInerney
BornLisa McInerney
1981
Ireland
OccupationWriter, Blogger
LanguageEnglish
NationalityIrish
Alma materUniversity College Cork
GenreFiction, short stories
Notable worksThe Glorious Heresies (novel)
Arse End of Ireland (blog)
Notable awardsBaileys Women's Prize for Fiction
Desmond Elliott Prize Encore Award
Children1
Website
www.lisamcinerney.com

Biography

McInerney graduated at University College Cork and Yonsei University. Before getting a foothold in becoming a writer, her mission from early on, she started 2006 the blog Arse End of Ireland which acquired renown for word power. Her debut novel, The Glorious Heresies, was published in April 2015 and won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and the Desmond Elliott Prize in 2016.[1][2] It sold licences for being translated to Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Denmark and Italy. Also the filming rights were bought by the London based film production company Fifty Fathoms.[3] Her second novel, The Blood Miracles, received the Royal Society of Literature’s Encore Award in 2018.[4]

In an interview she said that Hubert Selby Jr. has been an influence on her attitude towards writing.[5] Her "big characters" and juicy wording resulted in comparisons with Patrick McCabe and Irvine Welsh.[6]

Bibliography
  • 2006 – Arse End of Ireland (Blog)
  • 2013 – Saturday, Boring (Short story)
  • 2015 – The Glorious Heresies (Novel)
  • 2016 – Navigation (Short story)[7]
  • 2017 – The Blood Miracles (Novel)

References
  1. "Lisa McInerney".
  2. Flood, Alison (22 June 2016). "Lisa McInerney's 'astounding' debut novel wins Desmond Elliott prize".
  3. "The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney to be made into TV series". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  4. "Lisa McInerney is joint winner of £10,000 Encore Award for 'The Blood Miracles'". 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  5. "Lisa McInerney: 'I've known people who've done appalling things'". The Guardian. 2017-04-16. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  6. "The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney to be made into TV series". The Irish Times. 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  7. https://granta.com/navigation/
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