Kathleen Mac Mahon is a bestselling writer and journalist.
She has published four novels, as well as a children's book and a number of short stories. She also writes a newspaper column and occasionally reviews fiction for print media and radio.
Her work has been nominated for a number of prizes, including the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and the Irish Book Awards.
She lives in Dublin with her husband and twin daughters.
Kathleen's first novel, 'This is How It Ends,' was translated into more than twenty languages, spent five weeks at the top of the bestseller lists in Ireland, and was a Richard and Judy Book Club choice in the U.K.
Her second novel, 'The Long, Hot Summer,' was published to much acclaim in Ireland and the U.K. in 2015 and was an immediate bestseller.
'Nothing But Blue Sky,' was her third novel and the first to be published by Penguin under their new imprint, Sandycove Press. It was longlisted for the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction.