Nuala Ní Chonchúir, born in Dublin, Ireland in 1970, I live in Galway county. First poetry collection, Molly's Daughter, appeared in the DIVAS Anthology, Arlen House (2003). First collection of short stories, The Wind Across the Grass, published in 2004; second fiction collection, To the World of Men, Welcome, December 2005, both Arlen House. My first stand-alone poetry collection (bilingual), Tattoo : Tatú, is forthcoming, summer 2007.
I was awarded an Arts Council Bursary in Literature in 2004. I have won the inaugural Cúirt New Writing Prize, RTÉ radio's Francis MacManus Award, the Cecil Day Lewis Award, the Dromineer Short Story Award and I've twice been nominated for a Hennessy Award, all for fiction. I am currently writing a collaborative play, with three other writers, for Turtle Shell Productions in New York.