Tanya
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Teacher/Writer |
| Location | Bray, Ireland |
| Introduction | Tanya Farrelly is a graduate of NUI Maynooth where she completed an M.A. in English Literature. She works as an English Language teacher in Dublin city centre, and teaches Creative Writing in the County Library, Tallaght. Her work was shortlisted for the Hennessy Awards in 2002, and also for the Francis MacManus Awards. Her stories have been published in literary journals such as Whispers and Shouts and West 47 online. Her work has also been broadcast on RTE’s Sunday Miscellany. She has won numerous prizes in writing competitions, including runner-up prize in the William Trevor International Short Story Competition 2008, and the Mitchelstown Short Story Competition 2009. She is currently doing a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at the University of Wales, and is busy editing her first novel. |
| Interests | Short Story and Novel Writing |
| Favorite books | The Blood of Others - Simone de Beauvoir, Enduring Love - Ian McEwan, Atonement - Ian McEwan, The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera, The Sea, The Sea - Iris Murdoch, The English Patient - Micheal Ondaatje |