David Park (born 1953) is a novelist from Northern Ireland. He grew up in a Protestant working-class family in East Belfast, and wrote seven novels while working as a teacher, before retiring to write full time. His ninth novel ''Spies in Canaan'', set in Vietnam, was runner-up in the 2023 Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize for a novel focusing on travel.

Selected publications

* ''Oranges from Spain'' (1990, short stories) * ''The Healing'' (1992) * ''The Rye Man'' (1994) * ''Stone Kingdoms'' (1996) * ''The Big Snow'' (2002) * ''Swallowing the Sun'' (2004) * ''The Truth Commissioner'' (2008) * ''Light of Amsterdam'' (2012) * ''The Poets' Wives'' (2014) * ''Gods & Angels'' (2016) * ''Travelling in a Strange Land'' (2018) * ''Spies in Canaan'' (2022)

References

1953 births Living people Novelists from Northern Ireland 21st-century male writers from Northern Ireland 21st-century novelists from Northern Ireland {{UK-novelist-stub