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 and runs master classes in the Guardian Masterclasses program. 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