Louise Kennedy, from Co. Down, is a major new voice in Irish fiction for the twenty-first century. Her short stories have been widely published, and she was short-listed for the Sunday Times Audible Award in 2019 and 2020.

Her sharp shocks of visceral, stunning crafted stories in, The End of the World is a Cul De Sac, offer flashes of beauty, and even humour, amidst the harshest of truths.

'These stories sing, haunt and inspire laughter ... One of the best collections I've read in years'

Sinéad Gleeson