Louise Kennedy

Louise Kennedy is a published Irish author of fiction.

As a child, Louise grew up close to Belfast. She has had her short stories published in a variety of places, including the journals Banshee, The Tangerine, The Lonely Crowd, and The Stinging Fly.

She has also won awards for her writing. In 2015, she won the Ambit Short Fiction, and that same year for Wasifiri New Writing. In 2016, she won for the John O’Connor prize and the Listowel Los-Gatos Prizes. In addition, she has also had much of her work make the short lists and has received various awards and accolades.

Books in order of publication:

Short Story Collections

The End of the World is a Cul de Sac

(2021)

Novel

Trespasses

(2022)