Claire Gleeson
Claire Gleeson is a Dublin-based GP and short story writer who balances her medical career with literary pursuits.
Her fiction has earned recognition through numerous prize shortlistings and longlists, demonstrating consistent excellence in her craft.
In 2021, she received a Words Ireland literary mentorship, which supported the development of her debut novel's first draft.
That novel subsequently achieved runner-up status at the prestigious Irish Writers' Centre Novel Fair in 2023.
Living in Dublin with her young family, Gleeson brings her medical background and deep understanding of human experience to her compassionate, nuanced storytelling.
