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Michael Magee



Michael Magee was born and grew up in West Belfast. He is the fiction editor of The Tangerine, and his work has appeared in Winter Papers, The Stinging Fly, and The Lifeboat, and in The 32: An Anthology of Irish Working-Class Writing. He recently received his PhD in creative writing from Queen’s University, Belfast. Close to Home is his first novel.
 

Awards: Waterstones (2023), Rooney (2023), Nero (2023)  see all

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   Close to Home (2023)
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Books containing stories by Michael Magee
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The 32 (2021)
An Anthology of Irish Working-Class Voices
edited by
Paul McVeigh

Awards
2023 Waterstones Irish Book of the Year : Close to Home
2023 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature : Close to Home
2023 Nero Book Award for Debut Fiction : Close to Home

Award nominations
2024 Dylan Thomas Prize (longlist) : Close to Home
2024 Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (nominee) : Close to Home
2023 Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize (nominee) : Close to Home
2023 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award (nominee) : Close to Home
2023 Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize (nominee) : Close to Home


Michael Magee recommends
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Free Therapy (2024)
Rebecca Ivory
"Sharp, astute and painfully funny, Rebecca Ivory has written a powerful collection of stories. I genuinely couldn't get enough."
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Wild Houses (2024)
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"Colin Barrett made us wait for this one, and it was worth it. Sharp and affecting, expansive and playful, Barrett has written a gorgeous novel filled with gorgeous sentences. A dream to read, and no doubt destined to be one of the novels of the year."

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