Literature Ireland

Jacqueline O'Mahony

Jacqueline O’Mahony is from Cork, Ireland, and was named Young Irish Writer of the Year by the Irish Examiner when she was 14. She did her BA in Ireland, her MA at the University of Bologna, and her PhD in History as a Fulbright Scholar at Duke University, and at Boston College. On finishing her studies she moved to London to work as a stylist for Vogue, and Associated Newspapers as an arts editor. She lives in London with her husband and three young children and in 2015 gained a distinction in City University’s MA in Creative Writing.

Translated books

A River in the Trees