Denyse Woods

Denyse Woods grew up in Boston in the United States. The daughter of a diplomat, she has travelled extensively, living in the US, Belgium, Australia, Italy, Iraq and England. She holds a degree in Arabic and English and has worked as a translator for PARC Management Services in Iraq. Woods returned to settle in Ireland in 1987 and in 1998 won the Irish Times Short Story Competition. She now lives in Co. Cork with her husband and two daughters. Her novels include Overnight to Innsbruck (2002) and Like Nowhere Else (2005).