Gerard Beirne

Gerard Beirne has published six books including two collections of poetry, Digging My Own Grave (Dedalus Press, 2016) and Games of Chance (Oberon Press, 2011). He was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award, te Danuta Gleed Literary Award (for best first book of short stories), and the Bord Gais Book Awards. He won the Hennessey New Irish Writer of the Year Award and was runner-up in the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award.