Donal Ryan

Donal Ryan is an Irish writer whose novels include The Spinning Heart, All We Shall Know, From a Low and Quiet Sea, Strange Flowers, and The Queen of Dirt Island, alongside a short story collection. His novel Heart, Be at Peace won the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, and each of his novels has been a number-one bestseller in Ireland. Ryan's books are set largely among ordinary people in small Irish communities, and his writing is grounded in their everyday lives.