Órfhlaith Foyle is an Irish novelist and poet.
Foyle was born in Nigeria to Irish missionary parents, living there as well as Kenya and Malawi, all of which had a profound effect upon her writing.
She has a Bachelor in Humanities, and is a full-time writer, who has been published in a number of literary journals. Foyle has also lived in Australia, France, Russia, Israel and the United Kingdom, and now lives in Galway, Ireland.
Her publications to date include a novel and a book of poetry. A second novel is forthcoming. Her cited influences include Flannery O'Connor, Katherine Mansfield, Emily Brontë and Emily Dickinson.
Selected works
Belios, Lilliput Press, 2005 - novel
Revenge, Arlen House, 2005 - mixed collection
Red Riding Hood's Dilemma, Arlen House, 2010 - poetry, nominated for the Rupert and Eithne Strong Award Somewhere In Minnesota, Arlen House 2011 - short story collection Clemency Browne Dreams of Gin, Arlen House 2014
External links
http://www.saltpublishing.com/horizon/issues/03/text/foyle_orfhlaith.htm
http://writerscentre.ie/blog/?p=295
http://www.lilliputpress.ie/listbook.html?id=312
References
Writers from County Galway
Living people
Irish women poets
Nigerian women poets
Year of birth missing (living people) Nigerian people of Irish descent 21st-century Irish writers