Maggie O' Farrell
Maggie O'Farrell was born in Northern Ireland in 1972, and grew up in Wales and Scotland. Previously a journalist, she is now a full time novelist. Her debut novel, After You'd Gone, was published in 2000 to international acclaim and won a Betty Trask Award.
Her second novel, My Lover's Lover, was published in 2002 and was also very well received. Her third novel, The Distance Between Us, was published in 2004 and won her the 2005 Somerset Maugham Award. Her latest novel, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox is just out in paperback. She lives in Edinburgh.
