Colin Barrett grew up in County Mayo, Ireland, and is a short story writer and novelist. His stories have been published in the Stinging Fly, Granta, Harper’s and the New Yorker. His first book, the short story collection Young Skins, won the Guardian First Book Award, the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and he was recognised as a ‘5 Under 35’ by the National Book Foundation in 2015. One of the stories in the book, ‘Calm with Horses’, was adapted into an award-winning 2019 film of the same name, starring Barry Keoghan and Cosmo Jarvis. Barrett’s second short story collection, Homesickness, was a Book of the Year in Oprah Daily and the IrishTimes. His debut novel, Wild Houses, was longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024 and won the Nero Book Award for Debut Fiction. Homesickness and Wild Houses were included on the New York Times ‘100’ Notable Books of the Year lists.
