Megan Nolan

Megan Nolan (born 1990)[1] is an Irish journalist and author from County Waterford. Her debut novel, Acts of Desperation,[2] was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize[3] and shortlisted for the Betty Trask Award for debut novels.

Megan Nolan
Born1990 (age 32–33)
County Waterford, Ireland
OccupationJournalist, novelist

Biography

Nolan's father Jim Nolan was a theatre director and found of the Red Kettle theatre company based in Waterford.[4][5] She studied film studies and French at Trinity College Dublin, but dropped out before completion of her studies.[6][5]

She has written essays and literary criticism for The New Statesman.[2]

Acts of Desperation was shortlisted for the Betty Trask Award for debut novels in 2022.[7]

Bibliography
  • Nolan, Megan (4 March 2021). Acts of Desperation. Random House. ISBN 1473578507.
  • Nolan, Megan (2023). Ordinary Human Failings. Penguin Random House. ISBN 1529922631.
  • Biddle, Lucy; Pettifer, Amy; Chingonyi, Kayo; Turner, Luke; Nolan, Megan; Underwood, Jack (2018). Lloyd Worthington, Bethan (ed.). Windswept Baby. Bethan Lloyd Worthington. ISBN 978-1-7892603-4-2.

References
  1. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19607931.Megan_Nolan
  2. Feigel, Lara (3 March 2021). "Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan review – learning to say no". TheGuardian.com.
  3. "Diverse and global voices dominate the longlist for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize". Swansea.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  4. Brennan, Marjorie (24 October 2022). "Book interview: Megan Nolan on discovering one of Waterford's best-known authors". IrishExaminer.com.
  5. Clark, Alex (26 February 2021). "Megan Nolan: 'When I think back, the way I drank was crazy. Everyone I knew did it'". TheGuardian.com.
  6. McGrath, Maedhbh (8 July 2023). "Megan Nolan: 'In England, you're supposed to hate someone who has a tiny bit more than you'". Independent.ie.
  7. "Irish writers short-listed for the 2022 Society of Authors Awards". Books Ireland Magazine. 11 May 2022.


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