About Me

I graduated from a Masters in Writing in NUI Galway with first class honours in 2003. Since then, I have had short stories published nationwide in a variety of good quality magazines and publications, such as The Stinging Fly, Southword, The Sunday Tribune, the Irish Independent (forthcoming) and Mayo News. I have been twice shortlisted for the Hennessy New Irish Writing Award, with a third time imminent, and have won highly commended awards for short stories and poetry elsewhere. Currently I have one story published and another forthcoming in Nature Magazine's Science Fiction section and am also featured in a special sci-fi/fantasy anthology Music For Another World. My work has also featured in the fundraising anthology 50 Stories For Pakistan. Most recently I was on a shortlist of 30 out of 1,900 entrants to the Fish Short Story Competition 2011, where I have been longlisted in previous years. I continue to write and submit to magazines in Ireland, the UK and the US. Links to a small sample of my writings are available on the Links page.

I'm also a professional programmer/developer.