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Danielle McLaughlin is an Irish author. Her collection of short stories, Dinosaurs on Other Planets (2015), won the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for fiction and the Sunday Times Short Story Award. Her novel The Art of Falling (2021) was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award.

Works

Aoife O'Regan described The Art of Falling for RTÉ as a "family drama set in Cork, where absolutely everyone is flawed". Martina Devlin described it in the Irish Independent as "a novel about how people hurt one another emotionally, yet somehow find a way to move beyond those wounds."

Personal life

McLaughlin lives in County Cork with her husband John, and their three children Ellie, Áine and Rory.

Publications

• Dinosaurs on Other Planets (2015)
• The Art of Falling. London: John Murray, 2021. ISBN 978-1473613669.

Awards

• Joint winner, Windham–Campbell Literature Prize, fiction category in 2019. A $165,000 prize.
• Winner, Sunday Times Short Story Award in 2019 for A Partial List of the Saved. A £30,000 prize.
• Shortlisted, International Dublin Literary Award in 2022 for The Art of Falling.

References

1. "Dinosaurs on Other Planets by Danielle McLaughlin review – a quietly dazzling debut". The Guardian. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
2. ^ "Irish writer wins $165,000 Windham-Campbell Prize". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
3. "Danielle McLaughlin wins The Sunday Times Short Story of the Year award". The Stinging Fly. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
4. "The Art of Falling by Danielle McLaughlin review – marriages in crisis". The Guardian. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
5. Miller, Sue (5 January 2021). "A Novel of Infidelity and the Art World, on a Crowded Canvas". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
6. Glennon, Nicole (2022-03-22). "Cork author Danielle McLaughlin shortlisted for €100,000 Dublin Literary Prize". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
7. O'Regan, Aoife (9 February 2021). "Book review: The Art of Falling by Danielle McLaughlin". RTE.
8. "The Art of Falling: Danielle McLaughlin gets under the surface of love and lies". independent. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
9. "The Art of Falling: Engaging debut novel by past master of fiction". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
10. "The Art of Falling by Danielle McLaughlin — a gripping, taut debut". Financial Times. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
11. "Danielle McLaughlin wins £30,000 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
12. "Irish novel in running for €100,000 Dublin Literary Award". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 2022-11-19.

• Living people
• 21st-century Irish women writers
• 21st-century Irish writers
• 21st-century Irish short story writers
• 1969 births