Danielle McLaughlin

Danielle McLaughlin is an Irish author. Her collection of short stories, Dinosaurs on Other Planets (2015),[1] won the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for fiction[2] and the Sunday Times Short Story Award.[3] Her novel The Art of Falling (2021)[4][5] was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award.[6]

Danielle McLaughlin
Born1969 (age 53–54)
Occupation
  • Short story writer
  • novelist
NationalityIrish
Notable awards
Children3

Works

Aoife O'Regan described The Art of Falling for RTÉ as a "family drama set in Cork, where absolutely everyone is flawed".[7] Martina Devlin described it in the Irish Independent as "a novel about how people hurt one another emotionally, yet somehow find a way to move beyond those wounds."[8]

Personal life

McLaughlin lives in County Cork with her husband and three children.[9]

Publications
  • Dinosaurs on Other Planets (2015)
  • The Art of Falling. London: John Murray, 2021. ISBN 978-1473613669.[10]

Awards

References
  1. "Dinosaurs on Other Planets by Danielle McLaughlin review – a quietly dazzling debut". The Guardian. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  2. "Irish writer wins $165,000 Windham-Campbell Prize". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  3. "Danielle McLaughlin wins The Sunday Times Short Story of the Year award". The Stinging Fly. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  4. "The Art of Falling by Danielle McLaughlin review – marriages in crisis". The Guardian. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  5. Miller, Sue (5 January 2021). "A Novel of Infidelity and the Art World, on a Crowded Canvas". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  6. Glennon, Nicole (2022-03-22). "Cork author Danielle McLaughlin shortlisted for €100,000 Dublin Literary Prize". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  7. O'Regan, Aoife (9 February 2021). "Book review: The Art of Falling by Danielle McLaughlin". RTE.
  8. "The Art of Falling: Danielle McLaughlin gets under the surface of love and lies". independent. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  9. "The Art of Falling: Engaging debut novel by past master of fiction". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  10. "The Art of Falling by Danielle McLaughlin — a gripping, taut debut". Financial Times. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  11. "Danielle McLaughlin wins £30,000 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  12. "Irish novel in running for €100,000 Dublin Literary Award". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
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