Danielle McLaughlin is an Irish author. Her collection of short stories, '' Dinosaurs on Other Planets'' (2015), won the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for fiction and the ''Sunday Times'' Short Story Award. Her novel ''The Art of Falling'' (2021) was shortlisted for the

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Works

Aoife O'Regan described ''The Art of Falling'' for

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as a "family drama set in

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, where absolutely everyone is flawed".

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described it in the ''

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'' as "a novel about how people hurt one another emotionally, yet somehow find a way to move beyond those wounds."

Personal life

McLaughlin lives in

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with her husband John, and their three children Ellie, Áine and Rory.

Publications

*'' Dinosaurs on Other Planets'' (2015) *''The Art of Falling''. London: John Murray, 2021. .

Awards

* Joint winner, Windham–Campbell Literature Prize, fiction category in 2019. A $165,000 prize. * Winner,

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in 2019 for ''A Partial List of the Saved''. A £30,000 prize. * Shortlisted,

in 2022 for ''The Art of Falling.''

References

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