About
Catherine O’Flynn is the author of three novels. Her debut, What Was Lost, won the 2007 Costa First Novel Award and she was named Newcomer of the Year at the British Book Awards. Her novels have been published in over 20 countries.
Catherine’s stories and articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Observer, Granta and on BBC Radio 3 & 4. She is a regular reviewer for the Guardian and BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Review.
Catherine has been described as ‘the JG Ballard of Birmingham…finding poetry and meaning where others see merely boredom and dereliction.’
Catherine reads from her novel, Mr Lynch's Holiday, in this Hay Festival podcast.
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