Dublin writer Liz Nugent's award-winning novel Unravelling Oliver (2014) has been described not so much as a whodunnit but a whydunnit.
It opens with Oliver Ryan coldly explaining how he has just beaten his wife into a coma.
On leaving school Nugent worked in London as a clerk in a social welfare office, a medical records office, an estate agency and a construction company. After an accident she returned home to Dublin and spent a year in and out of hospital until diagnosed with Dystonia.
She then worked as a stage manager, and joined Riverdance as a production manager in 1997. She later worked on the scripts of the long-running Irish TV soap opera Fair City, during which she began to write short stories, one of which evolved into Unravelling Oliver.
Official author website: Liznugent.ie
Author on Twitter: @lizzienugent
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6 January 2015
28 October 2016
Voting for best Irish crime fiction novel
Online voting is currently under way for this year's Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards, including the crime fiction shortlist.
25 July 2016
18 February 2016
Liz Nugent's follow-up to 'Unravelling Oliver'
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Domestic noir,
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Lying in Wait, Liz Nugent's eagerly awaited follow-up to her best-selling and award-winning first novel Unravelling Oliver, will be published on 7 July 2016.
22 October 2015
Crime seminars at Dublin Book Festival
Among the crime fiction events in this year's Dublin Book Festival, the Irish Writers Centre is hosting back-to-back seminars by Liz Nugent and Ian Sansom.
4 September 2017
Irish authors at 'Bloody Scotland' festival
Irish author Liz Nugent explores Celtic and criminal connections with Scottish writer Denise Mina this Sunday as part of the Bloody Scotland festival. It takes place in Stirling from 8-10 September.
12 June 2017
'Dalkey Noir': rise of female thriller writers
Authors Jane Casey, Liz Nugent and Sinead Crowley will talk about the rise of the female thriller writers who dominate the bestseller lists in "Dalkey Noir", in the Masonic Lodge in Dalkey on Saturday 17 June. The morning event is part of this year's Dalkey Book Festival.
25 April 2017
First 'Dead in Dún Laoghaire' festival
Penguin Random House Ireland and the Irish Times have joined forces for the inaugural "Dead in Dún Laoghaire" festival this July.
23 January 2017
Brian Cleary's thriller 'The Truth Will Out'
Dublin writer Brian Cleary's debut novel The Truth Will Out, a thriller set in Ireland, has already garnered rave reviews, including Joe Duffy's Liveline on RTÉ Radio 1 last month and Liz Nugent.
15 December 2016
13 December 2016
Upcoming crime fiction events for 2017
Here are some of the crime fiction related events taking place in Ireland and abroad in 2017. More details throughout the year...
17 November 2016
Tana French and Graham Norton in book awards
#BGEIBA The Trespasser by @tanafrench takes home the @BGEIBAS @booksaremybag Crime Fiction Book of the Year @HachetteIre pic.twitter.com/ln7tAQO3Qj— Bord Gáis Energy (@BordGaisEnergy) 16 November 2016
The Trespasser by Tana French has won the crime category in the 2016 Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards. Graham Norton's debut novel Holding was winner in the Popular Fiction Book of the Year category, and Liz Nugent's Lying in Wait took the "Ryan Tubridy Show Listener’s Choice" award.
27 October 2016
'How to Slay a Literary Agent' in Dun Laoghaire
Sam Blake, Catherine Ryan Howard and Liz Nugent will discuss "How to Slay a Literary Agent" at the Lexicon Library in Dun Laoghaire at 7 pm on 24 November 2016. All three authors have been shortlisted in the crime fiction category of this year's Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards. Tickets via Eventbrite.ie
26 September 2016
'Something Wicked' crime festival in Malahide
This year's "Something Wicked" Malahide Crime Writing Festival takes place on the October bank holiday weekend of 28th to 30th October.
15 September 2016
@BookShowRTE crime special at Dublin Castle
Irish authors Liz Nugent, Arlene Hunt and Declan Hughes will take part in a live discussion about crime fiction on RTÉ Radio 1's Books Show on Culture Night this Friday, 16th September. They will also read a short story specially written for the night.
30 July 2016
New crime anthology 'Trouble Is Our Business'
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Anthologies,
News
Trouble Is Our Business, a new anthology of short stories by leading Irish crime writers, will be published by New Island Books this September.
29 March 2016
Debut thriller from Catherine Ryan Howard
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Author profiles,
Murder mystery,
News,
Psychological
Catherine Ryan Howard's debut thriller Distress Signals is due to be published in the UK and Ireland on 5 May 2016.
23 March 2016
17 September 2015
John Connolly on crime fiction
Best-selling author John Connolly will also be discussing crime fiction at the Hodges Figgis Book Festival this evening with authors Alex Barclay, Jane Casey, Sinéad Crowley, Liz Nugent, and writing duo Karen Gillece and Paul Perry.
Admission is free, but if you can't make it here's a recent clip of Connolly on Seán O'Rourke's radio show chatting about crime fiction, his Charlie Parker series and the strange case of the Dublin hydrangeas.
Admission is free, but if you can't make it here's a recent clip of Connolly on Seán O'Rourke's radio show chatting about crime fiction, his Charlie Parker series and the strange case of the Dublin hydrangeas.
12 September 2015
Top Irish crime writers for Dawson Street
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The Hodges Figgis Book Festival in Dublin includes a crime fiction discussion chaired by John Connolly in the Dawson Street bookshop this Thursday, 17 September at 6.30pm.
The stellar panel includes Alex Barclay, Jane Casey, Sinéad Crowley, Liz Nugent and "Karen Perry" writing duo Karen Gillece and Paul Perry. And the event is free - no booking required.
Twitter: @Hodges_Figgis, #HFBookFest
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