Deirdre Madden
Deirdre Madden was born in 1960 in County Antrim.
Her novels include Hidden Symptoms (London, Faber & Faber, 1988; USA, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987); The Birds of the Innocent Wood (Faber &
Faber, 1988); Remembering Light and Stone (Faber & Faber 1992); Nothing is Black (Faber & Faber, 1994); One by One in the Darkness (Faber & Faber, 1996); Authenticity (Faber & Faber, 2002); and Molly Fox’s Birthday (Faber & Faber, 2008).
Among her many awards are the Hennessey Award for Short Fiction 1979; The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, 1987; The Somerset Maughan Award, 1989; The Kerry Ingredients Book of the Year Award, 1997; and Writer Fellow at Trinity College Dublin, 1996-1997. One by One in the Darkness was shortlisted for the Orange Prize.
She lives in Ireland and France.
