Sinéad Gleeson is an Irish writer. Her essay collection, ''Constellations: Reflections from Life'', won Non-Fiction Book of the Year at 2019 Irish Book Awards and the Dalkey Literary Award for Emerging Writer.

Early life and education

Gleeson was born and grew up in Dublin. She went on to study English and History and

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Career

Writing

As editor of ''The Long Gaze Back: An Anthology of Irish Women Writers'', the book won Best Irish Published Book of the Year in 2015 at the

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. Also in 2016, Gleeson was editor of ''The Glass Shore: Short Stories by Women Writers from the North of Ireland'' which won the 2016 TheJournal.ie Best Irish Published Book of the Year. In 2019, Gleeson was "Arts Council Writing Fellow in residence" at University College Dublin. Gleeson is co-editor with

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of ''This Woman’s Work: Essays on Music'', published by

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in 2022. ''Constellations: Reflections from Life'' was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the

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. It was published in the US by Mariner Books and translated into several languages. ''The Glass Shore: Short Stories by Women Writers from the North of Ireland'' and ''The Art of Glimpse: 100 Irish Short Stories''. Her debut novel, ''Hagstone'' was published by 4th Estate in April 2024. In 2025 the novel made longlist for the

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Broadcasting

Gleeson has been a presenter on the RTE Radio 1 programme ''The Book Show''.

Art

Gleeson has also engaged in multi-disciplinary collaborations with artists and musicians, including commissions from City Gallery Wellington, The Wellcome Collection,

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and Frieze. In 2021, she collaborated with composer Stephen Shannon and artist Aideen Barry on an installation, By Slight Ligaments, for the Limerick City Gallery and artists Alice Maher and Rachel Fallon on another installation, The Map / We Are The Map, for the Rua Red.

Personal life

As of 2022 Gleeson was living in Dublin with her composer husband Stephen Shannon with whom she has two children.

Works

Author

* ''Constellations'', Picador Books, 2019 Essay collection Houghton Mifflin March 2020 in USA * ''Hagstone'
4th Estate Books
2024,

Editor

* ''Silver Threads of Hope'', New Island Books, 2012 , in aid of

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* ''The Long Gaze Back: An Anthology of Irish Women Writers'', New Island Books, 2016 * ''The Glass Shore: Short Stories by Woman Writers from the North of Ireland'' , * ''The Art of the Glimpse: 100 Irish Short Stories'', 2020 * ''This Woman's Work: Essays on Music'',

, 2022, (with

)

Contributor

* ''A Little Unsteadily Into Light'' (2022, New Island Books)

References

External links

* 1974 births Living people Alumni of University College Dublin Irish book editors Irish women editors Irish literary critics Irish women literary critics Irish music critics Irish women essayists Irish essayists Irish novelists Irish fiction writers Date of birth missing (living people) {{Ireland-writer-stub