Colum McCann

Colum McCann is an Irish writer of literary fiction, born in Dublin and now living in New York. He is best known for Let the Great World Spin, which won the U.S. National Book Award, and his other novels include Apeirogon, TransAtlantic and Twist. He has also published the story collection Thirteen Ways of Looking, while American Mother tells of Diane Foley, whose son James was killed by ISIS in Syria.