Caoilinn Hughes

Caoilinn Hughes is an Irish novelist, and short story writer.

Caoilinn Hughes
Caoilinn Hughes, August 2019
NationalityIrish
Alma materQueen's University of Belfast,
Victoria University of Wellington

Life

She holds BA and MA degrees from Queen's University of Belfast, and a PhD in English Literature from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.[1] Her poetry collection, Gathering Evidence (Carcanet, 2014),[2] won the Irish Times Shine/Strong Award in 2015. Her debut novel, Orchid & the Wasp (Oneworld / Hogarth, 2018),[3] won the 2019 Collyer Bristow Prize,[4] was shortlisted for the Hearst Big Book Award[5] and the Butler Literary Award, and was longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award[6] and the International Dublin Literary Award 2020.[7] In 2018, she won The Moth Short Story Prize for her story Psychobabble.[8][9] In 2019 she won an O. Henry Award for her short story Prime.[10] Her second novel, The Wild Laughter (Oneworld), was published in July 2020.[11]

Works
  • Gathering Evidence, Carcanet Press, 2014. ISBN 9781847772626, OCLC 864790156
  • Orchid And The Wasp, Oneworld Publications/Hogarth Press, 2018. ISBN 9781786074997, OCLC 1102658950[12][13][14]
  • The Wild Laughter, Oneworld Publications, 2020. ISBN 1786077809

References
  1. Barry, Kevin (6 September 2018). "Debut novelist Caoilinn Hughes comes first (and third!) in The Moth Short Story Prize". The Irish Times.
  2. "Carcanet Press, Gathering Evidence". Carcanet Press.
  3. "Oneworld, Orchid and the Wasp". Oneworld Publications.
  4. "Collyer Bristow prize: Caoilinn Hughes wins for Orchid the Wasp". 4 October 2019.
  5. Tobin, Christian (8 May 2019). "Big Book Awards 2019 shortlist reveals the hottest reads of the summer". Cosmopolitan.
  6. "Best First Novel Award". Authors' Club.
  7. "International DUBLIN Literary Award Longlist". Dublin City Libraries.
  8. Hughes, Caoilinn (6 September 2018). "'Psychobabble' by Caoilinn Hughes, winner of The Moth Short Story Prize 2018". The Irish Times.
  9. Hughes, Caoilinn (6 September 2018). "'Standard Deviation' by Caoilinn Hughes: third place in The Moth short story prize". The Irish Times.
  10. "Announcing the 100th Annual O. Henry Prize". Literary Hub. Literary Hub. May 16, 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  11. "The Wild Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes review – an Irish Cain and Abel". the Guardian. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  12. McVeigh, Paul (9 June 2018). "'Orchid and the Wasp' by Caoilinn Hughes: this year's 'Conversations with Friends'". The Irish Times.
  13. Waldman, Katy (14 August 2018). "The New Yorker Recommends: 'Orchid and the Wasp,' a Winning Début Novel". The New Yorker.
  14. "In 'Orchid And The Wasp,' An Unapologetic Heroine Who's No Gentle Flower". NPR.org. 5 August 2018.


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