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Christine Dwyer Hickey

Christine Dwyer Hickey is an Irish novelist, short story writer and playwright. She was born in Dublin, Ireland

She is a member of the Irish Arts Academy, Aosdana.

Her novel The Cold Eye of Heaven (Atlantic Books UK 2011) won the Irish Novel of the Year in 2012 and was nominated for the IMPAC 2013 award

Her novel Last Train from Liguria (Atlantic UK 2009) was nominated for the Prix L’Européen de Littérature.

Her novel Tatty (New Island 2004 and Vintage 2005) was chosen as one of the 50 Irish Books of the Decade, nominated for the Orange Prize and shortlisted for the Irish Novel of the Year Award.

The Dublin Trilogy, The Dancer, The Gambler and The Gatemaker (1995-2000) received wide critical acclaim and The Dancer was shortlisted for Irish Novel of the Year in 1995.

Christine’s novels have been widely translated. The Arabic translation of Tatty was published by Sefsafa Books in 2018. Her books have also been translated into Polish, Italian, Danish and Estonian.

She is a regular contributor to radio and television.

Her new novel The Narrow Land will be published in March 2019 by Atlantic Books UK.

In March 2014 her first play, Snow Angels, debuted at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin in association with Rough Magic. Snow Angels was published by New Island in February 2015.

Her first collection of short stories, The House on Parkgate Street and Other Dublin Stories was published by New Island in 2013)

List of Works Novels The Dublin Trilogy: The Dance, The Gambler, The Gatemaker (1995 t0 2000) Tatty 2004 Last Train from Liguria 2009 The Cold Eye of Heaven 2011 The Lives of Women 2015 The Narrow Land 2019

Short Stories

The House on Parkgate Street and Other Dublin Stories 2013

Plays

Snow Angels 2014