Tadhg Coakley is from Mallow and livesin Cork city. His debut novel The First Sunday in September was shortlisted forthe Mercier Press fiction prize and was published in 2018 to much acclaim. Hissports writing has appeared in The Irish Examiner and The Holly Bough. He hasalso been published in The Stinging Fly, The Honest Ulsterman, Silver Apples,Quarryman and the From the Well anthology. He is a graduate of the MA inCreative Writing course in University College Cork. www.tadhgcoakley.com