Nuala O'Connor

Nuala O’Connor, who has also written as Nuala Ní Chonchúir, is an Irish writer whose work spans poetry, novels and short stories. Her writing is known for its lyrical style, narrative imagination and engagement with memory, history, identity and the connections between people and the wider world. Her fifth poetry collection, Menagerie, was published by Arlen House in March 2025. The collection explores human and other-than-human lives through vivid imagery, varied forms and compassionate observation.

O’Connor’s novels include Seaborne, shortlisted for Novel of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards and nominated for the Dublin Literary Award, and the bestselling NORA, about Nora Barnacle and James Joyce. NORA was named one of the New York Times’ top ten historical novels and selected as the One Dublin One Book choice for 2022. Her other books include Becoming Belle, Miss Emily and The Closet of Savage Mementos. Her short-story and poetry titles include Joyride to Jupiter, Of Dublin and Other Fictions, The Juno Charm and Molly’s Daughter.