John McKenna

Short story writer, playwright and novelist John McKenna can get you started on a writing project or help you to the finish line. John’s novels, which include Clare, A Haunted Heart and The Space Between Us, have been critically acclaimed. He has also written three collections of short stories, two volumes of poems and a biography of the Kildare-born explorer Ernest Shackleton. John also writes, directs and acts with Mend and Makedo Theatre Company. He is winner of an Irish Times Fiction Award and in 2014 was shortlisted for the position of Irish Fiction Laureate.