Michelle Gallen

Michelle Gallen grew up in Northern Ireland during the Troubles a few miles from the border. She studied English Literature at Trinity College Dublin and Publishing at Stirling University. Her debut novel Big Girl, Small Town was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award. Her critically acclaimed second novel, Factory Girls, won the Comedy Women in Print award and was shortlisted for the RSL Encore Award. Both books are being adapted for TV.

Fifteen years after marrying in Paris, she’s returning to capture the sights, sounds and experiences of the city for a redraft of her third book, A Drop of Blood Runs Far.

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