Caoilinn Hughes
Caoilinn Hughes is an acclaimed Irish author whose third novel, The Alternatives, was published in 2024 by Riverhead and Oneworld.
Her previous novel, The Wild Laughter (2020), won the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award and was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize.
Her debut, Orchid & the Wasp (2018), won the Collyer Bristow Prize and was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award.
Hughes' short fiction has earned numerous accolades including the Irish Book Awards' Story of the Year and an O.Henry Prize.
She has held prestigious fellowships at Trinity College Dublin and New York Public Library.
