Writer Fellow

Molly McCloskey

B.A. (St Joseph's Univ, Phila, USA), M.A. (UCD, Dublin)
Irish Writer Fellow, School of English 2009/10

Molly McCloskey is the author of two collections of short stories – Solomon's Seal and The Beautiful Changes – and a novel, Protection . She is currently completing a non-fiction work on schizophrenia and the family. Born in Philadelphia in 1964, she moved to Ireland in 1989. As a journalist and essayist, she is a frequent contributor to the Irish Times and the Dublin Review . She has also worked in information and media relations for the United Nations, in its Kenya-based Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for Somalia.

Contact Details

Ms Molly McCloskey
School of English Trinity College
University of Dublin
Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel: 353 1 896 2944
Fax: 353 1 896 2886
Email: mccloskm@tcd.ie