mary morrissy is the author of a collection of short stories, a lazy eye and two novels, mother of pearl and the pretender. her stories have appeared in a number of anthologies, and mother of pearl was shortlisted for the whitbread prize. she received a lannan award for literature in 1995 and was a cullman fellow at new york public library in 2005. morrissy, who lives in ireland, has worked as a journalist and fiction reviewer, and has taught in creative writing programs at the universities of arkansas and iowa. she is currently visiting faculty at george washington university.

mary morrissy

an irish book day event

monday, march 9th, 2009

at flashpoint