Autor/-in: Mary Morrissy

Kevin Curran is from Balbriggan and has been a secondary-school teacher in his hometown for over a decade. His fiction largely concentrates on working class life in the Dublin suburbs. His first novel, Beatsploitation. , was published in 2013 and brought him national attention due to his depiction of Ireland's new multicultural landscape. His second novel, Citizens. , was published to critical acclaim in 2016, and he has published numerous short stories in major anthologies and literary journals such as The Stinging Fly. He has also written non-fiction for The Guardian. and The Observer.