Born in Dublin in 1970, Nuala Ní Chonchúir is a full-time fiction writer and poet, living in County Galway. She has published two collections of short fiction and two poetry collections - one in an anthology. Nuala holds a BA in Irish from Trinity College Dublin and a Masters in Translation Studies (Irish/English) from Dublin City University. She has worked as an arts administrator in theatre and in a writers' centre; as a translator, as a bookseller and also in a university library. Nuala teaches creative writing on a part-time basis.

Nuala was featured in The Irish Times 'People to watch in the year ahead' on Saturday January 3, 2009.

She has also been selected to be writer in residence for the 2009 Cúirt International Festival of Literature.

Her third short story collect, Nude was Published in Autumn 2009 by Salt Publishing.

In November 2009 her poetry pamphlet Portrait of the Artist With a Red Car was published by Templar Poetry.

2010 saw the publication of her first novel - You was published in April by New island books.

‘...The novel flows beautifully and is understated in tone... This gem is sure to win her further acclaim. Nuala Ní Chonchúir is a writer to watch.'

‘ one of Ireland's most unusual and creative minds; [her fiction is] dressed in modernity, a ritual playing of the bones of Irish storytelling.'

‘Look for some big things to come from Galway's Ní Chonchúir. She has such a diversity of work and can say so much in just a few words that it's obvious she's also an award-winning poet. Her stories are filled with very astute observations, some humorous, some sad.'

'...Nude, with its thematic discipline, is a memorable achievement. As with Brendan Kennelly’s ground-breaking collection of poetry, Cromwell, it is satisfying to sit down with a book that sets itself an explorative, self-questioning agenda, full of witty voices rendering adventures both savage and absurd. The Irish Times'

Novel

• You (2010), ISBN 9781848400634

Short story collections

• The Wind Across the Grass (2004), ISBN 1-903631-46-7
• To The World of Men, Welcome (2005), ISBN 1-903631-51-3
• Nude (2009), ISBN 978-1-84-471642-5

Poetry collections

• Molly's Daughter (From Divas:new Irish women's writing) (2003), ISBN 1-903631-40-8
• Tattoo:Tatú (2007), ISBN 978-1-903631-60-7
• Portrait of the Artist With a Red Car (2009), ISBN 978-1-906285-10-4