M. J. Hyland is the author of three award-winning novels: How the Light Gets In; Carry Me Down, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and winner of both the Hawthornden Prize and the Encore Award; and This Is How. She is a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Manchester, runs master classes in the Guardian Masterclasses program, and is cofounder of the Hyland & Byrne Editing Firm. Born in London to Irish parents, she spent her childhood in Dublin and has lived and worked in England since 2005.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Even Pretty Eyes Commit Crimes, a short story, in Stories of the Week: 2012–2013