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Eleanor O’Reilly

Eleanor O’Reilly is a teacher of English and Classical Studies who has an MA in Creative Writing from Manchester Metropolitan University. She has been awarded several literary prizes, including the 2015 RTE Francis McManus Radio Short Story Award and the 2013 William Trevor International Short Story Award, and has been shortlisted for several others, including the 2016 Colm Toibin Literary Award. She lives in Ireland with her husband Brian Kelly, their daughter Ella Kelly, and a whole menagerie of pets. M for Mammy is her debut novel.