Sarah Gilmartin is an Irish writer and arts journalist who reviews fiction for the Irish Times. She is co-editor of Stinging Fly Stories (2018) and has an MFA from UCD. Her stories have been published in The Dublin Review, New Irish Writing and The Tangerine. Her awards include Best Playwright at the Short+Sweet Dublin Festival and the Máirtín Crawford Short Story Award. Her debut novel Dinner Party (Pushkin, 2021) was shortlisted for best newcomer at the Irish Book Awards and the Kate O’Brien Award. Her new novel Service will be published by Pushkin Press in May next year.
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