Maggie O'Farrell
- Maggie O’Farrell was born in Northern Ireland and grew up in Wales and Scotland
Maggie O’Farrell was born in Northern Ireland and grew up in Wales and Scotland. In polished prose, she explores with a notable sensibility the complexity of human relationships; as her stories draw on the intricacies of motherhood, they also reveal the destructive power of buried secrets. The author will read from her latest novel The Hand That First Held Mine, which is published in French in April by Editions Belfond. The book was awarded the prestigious Costa Prize for best novel in 2010.
"Maggie O'Farrell is a skilful, hurtful writer, capable of imbuing the everyday with weight and colour, ridiculously pleasurable to read. And now, undeniably, literary with a capital L." The Guardian
“O’Farrell has a remarkable ability to convey the texture of human emotion with precision.” The Observer
