Donal Ryan

Donal Ryan was born in North Tipperary, Ireland in 1976. His first novel, The Spinning Heart (Lilliput/Doubleday) was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and was awarded the 2012 Bord Gáis Energy Book of the Year and the Guardian First Book Award. The Thing About December (Lilliput/Doubleday) was published in October 2013. He lives just outside Limerick city with his wife and two young children.