Danielle McLaughlin

Danielle McLaughlin is an Irish author. Her collection of short stories, Dinosaurs on Other Planets (2015),^[1] won the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for fiction^[2] and the Sunday Times Short Story Award.^[3] Her novel The Art of Falling (2021)^[4][5] was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award.^[6]

Danielle McLaughlin
Born	1969 (age 55–56)
Occupation	Short story writer novelist
Nationality	Irish
Notable awards	Windham–Campbell Literature Prize – Fiction 2019 Sunday Times Short Story Award 2019 A Partial List of the Saved
Children	3

Works

Aoife O'Regan described The Art of Falling for RTÉ as a "family drama set in Cork, where absolutely everyone is flawed".^[7] Martina Devlin described it in the Irish Independent as "a novel about how people hurt one another emotionally, yet somehow find a way to move beyond those wounds."^[8]

Personal life

McLaughlin lives in County Cork with her husband John, and their three children Ellie, Áine and Rory.^[9]

Publications

• Dinosaurs on Other Planets (2015)
• The Art of Falling. London: John Murray, 2021. ISBN 978-1473613669.^[10]

Awards

• Joint winner, Windham–Campbell Literature Prize, fiction category in 2019. A $165,000 prize.^[2]
• Winner, Sunday Times Short Story Award in 2019 for A Partial List of the Saved. A £30,000 prize.^[11]
• Shortlisted, International Dublin Literary Award in 2022 for The Art of Falling.^[12]