Lucy Caldwell

Lucy Caldwell is the author of four novels, two short story collections, and several stage plays and radio dramas. She is also the editor of Being Various, the latest volume in the ongoing Faber series of New Irish Short Stories. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, her awards include the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the Dylan Thomas Prize, the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright, and a Major Individual Artist Award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Lucy won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2021. Her fourth novel These Days was published by Faber in March 2022. She was born in Belfast and now lives near London.