Éilís Ní Dhuibhne was born in Dublin  Author of over thirty books -novels, short stories, memoir and drama her work includes The Dancers Dancing, The Shelter of Neighbours, Fox, Swallow, Scarecrow and Hurlamaboc. Her most recent books are Twelve Thousand Days: A Memoir (shortlisted for the Michel Déon Award 2020) and Little Red and Other Stories (Blackstaff 2020), Selected Stories (Blackstaff 2023), Milseog an tSamhraidh (Clo Iar Chonnacht 2023), and Look! It’s a Woman Writer! (Arlen House, 2021). She has been the recipient of many literary awards, including the Irish Pen Award for an Outstanding Contribution to Irish Literature, the Butler Award for her novel The Dancers Dancing, a Hennessy Hall of Fame Award, many Oireachtas Awards for her writing in Irish, and the Stuart Parker Award for Drama. Her novel, The Dancers Dancing, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize in 2000. Her books for young people have received the Bisto Book of the Year award, and other awards. In addition to her fiction and drama, she has written many scholarly articles on folklore and literary topics, and is a regular book reviewer for The Irish Times.  In autumn 2020 she held the Burns Scholarship at Boston College. She is a member of Aosdána, and President of the Folklore of Ireland Society.