A leading novelist and former Donegal resident of The Inishowen Mysteries has been shortlisted for An Post Irish Book Awards 2019 – being nominated for ‘Short Story of the Year’.
Andrea Carter, who grew up in County Laois, has been nominated for her short story titled ‘The Lamb’.
Carter studied law at Trinity College Dublin, before moving to the Inishowen peninsula in Co. Donegal where she ran the most northerly solicitors’ practice in the country.
In 2006 she returned to Dublin to work as a barrister before turning to write crime novels.
She is the author of the Inishowen Mysteries, most recently The Well of Ice and Murder at Greysbridge. Her books are published by Little, Brown in the UK, Goldmann Verlag in Germany, Oceanview in the US and will shortly be adapted for television.
Filming will begin in Donegal next summer.
The main character in the books is solicitor Ben O’Keefe, whose practice is based on the Inishowen Peninsula in the fictional town of Glendara, where a murder mystery is never too far away. Ms O’Keefe turns sleuth in the novels helping to solve the crimes with the local handsome Sergeant, Tom Molloy.
The An Post Irish Book Awards celebrate and promote Irish writing to the widest range of readers possible. Each year we bring together a huge community passionate about books – readers, authors, booksellers, publishers and librarians – to recognise the very best of Irish writing talent.
Now, the public are being asked to cast your votes. Voters will be entered into a draw to win one of four €100 National Book Tokens vouchers and voting closes on 13th November.
The winners will be announced at the gala ceremony in the Convention Centre Dublin, Spencer Dock, on Wednesday 20th November.
Highlights of the awards event, presented by Miriam O’Callaghan, will be broadcast on RTÉ One television on Saturday 23rd.
