Martina Devlin

Dublin-based author Martina Devlin has written novels, non-fiction books, short stories and plays. Her most recent novel is Charlotte about Charlotte Brontë’s Irish connections. Others include Edith about Irish R.M. co-author Edith Somerville, and The House Where It Happened about a mass witchcraft trial in Ireland, which led to a plaque to commemorate those wrongly convicted following a campaign she initiated.

Her plays are ‘Call Me Madame’ about the Irish revolutionary Countess Marcievicz and ‘Curves of Emotion’ about Nora Barnacle’s influence on James Joyce. Prizes include the Royal Society of Literature’s V.S. Pritchett Prize and a Hennessy Literary Award, and she was shortlisted three times for the Irish Book Awards.

Martina writes a weekly current affairs column for the Irish Independent, for which she was named National Newspapers of Ireland commentator of the year. She holds a PhD in literary practice from Trinity College Dublin.