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Michelle Gallen



Michelle Gallen was born in Tyrone in the 1970s and grew up during the Troubles a few miles from the border. She studied English Literature at Trinity College Dublin and Publishing at Stirling University. She has had work published in the Stinging Fly, Mslexia and others and won the Orange/NW Short Story Award.
 


Genres: General Fiction, Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   Big Girl, Small Town (2020)
   Factory Girls (2022)
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Books containing stories by Michelle Gallen
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The Black Dreams (2021)
Strange Stories from Northern Ireland
edited by
Reggie Chamberlain-King

Award nominations
2023 Encore Award (shortlist) : Factory Girls
2020 Costa Book Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Big Girl, Small Town


Michelle Gallen recommends
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The Polite Act of Drowning (2023)
Charleen Hurtubise
"A luminous and gripping portrait of a teenage girl coming of age in a small lakeshore community. Filled with colourful, complicated characters and brimming with heartbreak, love, and redemption, it is an exquisite debut from a powerful storyteller."
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Lark Ascending (2022)
Silas House
"I was sucked into this urgent story where survival in the not-too-distant future depends on forging connections with strangers and nurturing tenderness and hope within. An essential, heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting read."
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Islanders (2022)
Cathy Thomas
"Islanders is a gritty, dark and joyful book about a complex cast of characters. Every one of these stories reveals gleams of love and tenderness; every one of them packs a punch."

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