Dermot Bolger

Born in Dublin in 1959, Dermot Bolger’s nine novels for adults include The Woman’s Daughter, The Journey Home, The Valparaiso Voyage and most recently The Family on Paradise Pier. He is the author of over a dozen stage plays, including The Lament for Arthur Cleary, which received The Samuel Beckett Award. His eight volumes of poetry include External Affairs and he devised and edited the best-selling collaborative novels Finbar’s Hotel  and Ladies Night at Finbar’s Hotel, which were published in a dozen countries. The editor of numerous anthologies, including The Picador Book of Contemporary Irish Fiction, he has been Writer Fellow in Trinity College, Dublin and Playwright in Association with the Abbey Theatre.

New Town Soul is his first work of young adult fiction.

For more information, see www.dermotbolger.com

For a selection of the author's adult titles, see the New Island website.