Órfhlaith Foyle Explained

Órfhlaith Foyle
Birth Place:	Nigeria
Occupation:	Novelist Poet
Notable Works:	Belios, Lilliput Press, 2005 - novel Revenge, Arlen House, 2005 - mixed collection

Órfhlaith Foyle is an Irish novelist and poet.^[1]

Foyle was born in Nigeria^[1] to Irish missionary parents, living there as well as Kenya and Malawi,^[1] all of which had a profound effect upon her writing.

She has a Bachelor in Humanities, and is a full-time writer,^[1] 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.^[1]

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.^[1]

Selected works

• Belios, Lilliput Press, 2005 - novel^[2]
• Revenge, Arlen House, 2005 - mixed collection^[2]
• Red Riding Hood's Dilemma, Arlen House, 2010 - poetry, nominated for the Rupert and Eithne Strong Award^[2]
• Somewhere In Minnesota, Arlen House 2011 - short story collection^[3]
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: O'Connor . Nuala . Orfhlaith Foyle interview . WOMEN RULE WRITER: Lit blog of Nuala O'Connor / Nuala Ní Chonchúir . 13 January 2021.
2. Web site: Órfhlaith Foyle (home page) . Órfhlaith Foyle . 13 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120515183843/http://www.orfhlaithfoyle.com/ . 15 May 2012 . dead.
3. Web site: Biography . Orfhlaith Foyle . 13 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120204070841/http://www.orfhlaithfoyle.com/bio.html . 4 February 2012 . dead.