Mike McCormack is from Mayo and is the author of two collections of short stories and two novels. His short-story collection Getting it in the Head was published in 1996 to critical acclaim. He was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and the book was chosen as a New York Times Book of the Year. His debut novel Crowe’s Requiem followed in 1998. His last novel Notes from a Coma was short-listed for the Irish Book of the Year in 2010. His new short-story collection Forensic Songs has just been published by the Lilliput Press. He was awarded a Civitella Ranieri Fellowship in 2007 and currently lives in Galway. |
