The Widow's Consoler - E-book - ePub

Biographie de James Lawless

James Lawless' poetry and prose have won many awards, including the Scintilla Welsh Open Poetry Competition, the WOW award, a Biscuit International Prize for short stories, the Cecil Day Lewis Award and a Hennessey award nomination for emerging fiction. Two of his stories were also shortlisted for the Willesden (2007) and Bridport prizes (2014). He is the author of the ebook short stories, the Hennessey Award nominated The Kiss, A Prostitute's Tale, The House of the Fornicator, the WOW award-winning Lovers Who Wound Blame it on the Storm and the audio-recorded Dream Lover, and five well-received novels Peeling Oranges, For Love of Anna, The Avenue, Finding Penelope and Knowing Women, a poetic meditation Noise & Sound Reflections, a book of children's stories The Adventures of Jo Jo, a poetry collection Rus in Urbe, and a study of modern poetry Clearing the Tangled Wood: Poetry as a Way of Seeing the World for which he received an arts bursary.
His books have been translated into several languages and he has broadcast his work on radio and he writes book reviews for the Irish Examiner, Sunday Independent and Books Ireland magazine. Born in Dublin, he divides his time between County Kildare and West Cork. You can read more about the author at https://jameslawless.net Or he would love to hear from you directly at jameslawless23@hotmail.com