Kevin Power

Kevin Power (born 1981)^[1] is an Irish writer and academic. His novel Bad Day in Blackrock was published by The Lilliput Press in 2008 and filmed in 2012 as What Richard Did.^[2] In April 2009 Power received the 2008 Hennessy XO Emerging Fiction Award for his short story "The American Girl"^[3] and was shortlisted for RTÉ's Francis MacManus short story award in 2007 for his piece entitled "Wilderness Gothic".^[4] He is the winner of the 2009 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.^[5]

Kevin Power

Education

Power graduated from University College Dublin with a BA (2002), an MA (2003), and a PhD in American Literature in 2013.^[6]

Career

He currently teaches in the School of English at Trinity College Dublin.^[7] He writes regularly for The Sunday Business Post.^[8]

Publications

• Bad Day in Blackrock. Lilliput, 2010.^[9]
• White City. Simon & Schuster, 2021.^[10][11][12]
• The Written World: Essays & Reviews. Lilliput, 2022.^[13][14]

Awards

• 2007: Shortlisted, RTÉ's Francis MacManus short story award in 2007 for his piece entitled "Wilderness Gothic"^[4]
• 2009: Winner, 2008 Hennessy XO Emerging Fiction Award for his short story "The American Girl"^[3]
• 2010: Winner, 2009 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature^[5]