Megan Nolan

Megan Nolan (born 1990) is an Irish author and journalist known for introspective fiction and polemic essays. She gained critical prominence after releasing her debut novel, Acts of Desperation, concerning complexities of desire and self-doubt; it received a Betty Trask Award in 2022. Her second novel, Ordinary Human Failings, was shortlisted for a number of awards. Described as a “huge literary talent” by Karl Ove Knausgaard, Nolan also writes essays, fiction and reviews.^[1]

Nolan was born in Waterford city in the southeast of Ireland. Her parents separated when she was young. She has two brothers.^[1] Her father, Jim Nolan, was a theatre director, and founder of the Red Kettle Theatre Company in Waterford.^[2][3] She studied film studies and French at Trinity College Dublin, but dropped out before completion of her course.^[3][4]

Nolan was signed by an agent who heard her reading an essay at a public event.^[5] Having achieved some notoriety following a 2018 op-ed^[6] in the New York Times that expressed her hate for English people, she gained critical prominence after releasing her well-received debut novel, Acts of Desperation, which dealt with the complexities of desire and self-doubt through the lens of a young woman navigating a tumultuous relationship. Her second novel, Ordinary Human Failings, follows the investigation into the death of a young British girl, with the daughter of an immigrant family serving as the scapegoat. These works explore psychological and structural forces that shape families, communities, and romances.^[7]

She also writes essays, fiction, reviews and literary criticism,^[1] which have been published in The New York Times, The White Review, The Village Voice, The Guardian, the literary anthology, Winter Papers,^[7] and the New Statesman.^[8]

Después de mudarse de Waterford a Londres , donde despegó su carrera editorial, Nolan se mudó a Nueva York en 2024. ^{[ 9 ]}

• — — (2021). Actos de desesperación (1.ª  ed. en tapa dura). Random House . págs.  1–288. ISBN 9780316429856.
• — — (2023). Fallos humanos ordinarios (1.ª  ed. en tapa dura). Jonathan Cape . ISBN 9781787332508.
• — — ; Pettifer, Amy; Chingonyi, Kayo ; Turner, Luke ; Biddle, Lucy; Underwood, Jack (2018). Lloyd Worthington, Bethan (ed.). Windswept Baby . Bethan Lloyd Worthington. ISBN 9781789260342.

• Sitio web oficial
• Anthony Cummins, "Entrevista | Megan Nolan: 'Dicen que no se debe escribir una novela de temática social ' " , The Guardian , 6 de enero de 2024.