Kevin Barry
Biography
Kevin Barry
Kevin Barry is the author of the novels CITY OF BOHANE, BEATLEBONE and NIGHT BOAT TO TANGIER, and three short story collections: THERE ARE LITTLE KINGDOMS, DARK LIES THE ISLAND and THAT OLD COUNTRY MUSIC. He was awarded the Rooney Prize in 2007 and won the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Prize in 2012. For CITY OF BOHANE, he was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and the Irish Book Award, and won the Author’s Club First Novel Prize, The European Prize for Literature and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. For NIGHT BOAT TO TANGIER, he was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker and elsewhere. He lives in County Sligo in Ireland.
Kevin Barry