Fiachra Sheridan

A member of one of Ireland's best-known literary families, Fiachra Sheridan was born in Dublin in 1974. He grew up in Ballybough, in Dublin's north inner city, where he is now a maths teacher. He is married to Denise and has one child, Xabi. He has had two plays performed. The Runners, published by New Island in 2009, is his first novel.