Maggie O’Farrell

Maggie O’Farrell is an Irish author of fiction and historical fiction novels. Born in Northern Ireland, Maggie grew up in Wales and Scotland. She studied English Literature at the University of Cambridge. She won the Betty Trask Award for her first novel, After You’d Gone ; the Costa Novel Award for The Hand That First Held Mine ; and the Women’s Prize for Fiction for Hamnet . She also won the author award at Harper’s Bazaar’s Women of the Year awards. Maggie is married to fellow writer, William Sutcliffe, with whom she has three children.