Kate is an award-winning novelist, playwright and television screen writer and has been a recipient of the SUNDAY TRIBUNE/HENNESSY PRIZE for 'Best Emerging Writer'.
THE MEMORY STONES is her fourth novel after INVOLVED (shortlisted for Dillons First Fiction Prize), THE BOY IN THE MOON (Arts Council Award) and THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE, which is being adapted for a feature film. Kate has also contributed to the hugely successful short story collection LADIES NIGHT AT FINBAR'S HOTEL.
Kate was brought up in the West of Ireland, but now lives in London with her husband. She is currently working on her fifth novel, and a commissioned screenplay.