Elizabeth Reapy is an Irish writer. She won the 2017
Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature was created in 1976 by the Irish American businessman Dan Rooney, owner and chairman of the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers franchise and former US Ambassador to Ireland. The prize is administered by the Oscar Wilde ...
.
Life
She graduated from
NUI Galway
The University of Galway () is a public research university located in the city of Galway, Ireland.
The university was founded in 1845 as "Queen's College, Galway". It was known as "University College, Galway" (UCG) () from 1908 to 1997 and as ...
,
University College Cork
University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) () is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork (city), Cork.
The university was founded in 1845 as one of three Queen's Universit ...
, and
Queen's University Belfast
The Queen's University of Belfast, commonly known as Queen's University Belfast (; abbreviated Queen's or QUB), is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The university received its charter in 1845 as part of ...
.
She edited the 2012 30 Under 30: A selection of short fiction by thirty young Irish writers.
Works
* ''Red Dirt'', Head of Zeus 2016.
References
External links
Book Club podcast: EM Reapy on Red DirtINTERVIEW Elizabeth Reapy, writer and founding editor of wordlegs.comIrish novelist Elizabeth Reapy give her tips on writing a page-turnerE. M. Reapy debut, Red Dirt, wins Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
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category:living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Irish novelists
21st-century Irish women writers
Irish women novelists
Alumni of the University of Galway
Alumni of University College Cork
Alumni of Queen's University Belfast