Naoise Dolan is an Irish writer born in Dublin. She studied at Trinity College, followed by a master's in Victorian literature at Oxford. She writes fiction, essays, criticism and features for publications including The London Review of Books, The Guardian and Vogue. Naoise's debut novel EXCITING TIMES was published by W&N in the UK and by Ecco in the US in 2020, and became a Sunday Times bestseller, widely translated and optioned for TV. She has been shortlisted and longlisted for several prizes, including The Women's Prize for Fiction, the Dylan Thomas Prize and The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award.
Droll, shrewd and unafraid - a winning debut - Hilary Mantel, author of WOLF HALLFiercely intelligent, brutally funny and written with such heart, Exciting Times announces an impressive new voice in literature.Witty, compelling and with a razor-sharp social commentary. I guzzled it.A modern love story ... astute, sardonic and highly emotionally aware ... Heralding for sure a new star in Irish writing - Irish TimesDazzling ... So brilliantly executed ... Coming-of-age love is told in technicolour ... Banging lines follow banging lines. Your underlining pen destroys the pages ... With Exciting Times comes a rare and indeed exciting talent, a cacophony of our times, a treat for the socially distanced - Irish IndependentLucky us ... Exciting Times will brighten lockdown ... Very funny ... Extremely sharp ... Insightful and raw - ObserverA funny, smart, contemporary love story. Perfect for fans of Sally Rooney and Emma Jane Unsworth - Sunday Times StyleA sharp, funny account of a contemporary relationship, told tenderly and with biting, bright insight.
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