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Lisa McInerney

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Lisa McInerney

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1981-08-15 （Gort, County Galway, Ireland）
Nationality
Irish
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
novelist, short story writer, essayist, editor, screenwriter
Active Years
2013-
Influenced By
Hubert Selby Jr., Patrick McCabe (often compared), Irvine Welsh (often compared)
Nominations
Irish Book Awards (2015), Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award (2016), Dylan Thomas Prize (2016, 2018), Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award (2017), Strega European Prize (2018), International Dublin Literary Award (2019)

Education

Gort Community School
Country: Ireland
University College Cork
English and Geography
Country: Ireland
Reported to have studied English and geography

Awards

Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
2016
Work: The Glorious Heresies
Organization: Baileys Women's Prize organization
Result: winner
Desmond Elliott Prize
2016
Work: The Glorious Heresies
Organization: Desmond Elliott Prize organization
Result: winner
Encore Award
2018
Work: The Blood Miracles
Organization: Royal Society of Literature (RSL)
Result: joint winner
Ireland Francophonie Ambassadors' Literary Award
2018
Work: The Glorious Heresies (French translation)
Organization: Ireland Francophonie Ambassadors
Result: winner
Premio Edoardo Kihlgren
2018
Work: The Glorious Heresies (Italian translation)
Organization: Premio Edoardo Kihlgren organization
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Glorious Heresies

2015 Fiction (contemporary novel)

Set in post-crash Ireland, the novel follows five misfits whose lives intersect after a messy murder. A darkly comic ensemble story about family, religion, crime and class.

classcrimefamilyreligionurban marginality
Adaptations
  • [television] The Glorious Heresies (TV adaptation rights)
Translations
  • French translation
  • Italian translation
  • Spanish translation
  • Dutch translation
  • German translation
  • Czech translation
  • Serbian translation
  • Polish translation
  • Danish translation
  • Macedonian translation

The Blood Miracles

2017 Fiction

A follow-up focusing on Ryan Cusack, a younger character from The Glorious Heresies, exploring youth violence, alienation and the changing face of Cork.

violenceyouthbelongingurban change
Translations
  • Spanish translation
  • French translation
  • Italian translation
  • Czech translation
  • German translation
  • Danish translation

The Rules of Revelation

2021 Fiction

Part of McInerney's Cork-set series; shares themes and setting with her earlier novels, continuing to explore characters and social dynamics in Cork.

urban lifefamilysocial marginality

Bibliography

  • The Glorious Heresies (2015)
  • The Blood Miracles (2017)
  • The Rules of Revelation (2021)
  • Short story "Saturday, Boring" (2013)
  • Short story "Berghain" (2015)
  • Short story "Navigation" (2016)
  • Essay "Seize the Means of Publication" (2016)
  • Short film "Fake Tan" (writer, 2020)
  • Editor: The Stinging Fly X Galway 2020 (2020)

Adaptations

  • ITV Studios acquired TV adaptation rights for McInerney's Cork-set works, with McInerney contracted to write the screenplays

Translations of Works

  • The Glorious Heresies translated into French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, German, Czech, Serbian, Polish, Danish and Macedonian
  • The Blood Miracles translated into Spanish, French, Italian, Czech, German and Danish

Style & Themes

Literary Style
raw, colloquial narrative voicemix of dark humour and violent imageryensemble/collage-like structure
Recurring Motifs
working-class lifereligion and faithviolence and its aftermathlandscape of Cork

Legacy

Recognized for foregrounding working-class voices in contemporary Irish literature. Her debut won multiple major awards and her Cork-set series has been widely translated and critically acknowledged; screen adaptation interest has extended her presence into other media.

In Popular Culture

  • Interest in screen adaptations following the sale of TV rights

Quotes

  • "I've known people who've done appalling things"
    Source: The Guardian (interview) (2017)

Trivia

  • First published short story "Saturday, Boring" (2013)
  • Appointed editor of The Stinging Fly in 2022
  • Has one child
  • Official website: http://www.lisamcinerney.com/