Tadhg Coakley is from Mallow and lives in Cork city with his wife, Ciara. His debut novel The First Sunday in September was shortlisted for the Mercier Press fiction prize and published in 2018 to much acclaim. Donal Ryan described it as ‘vibrant and authentic, brimming with intensity and desire’. Whatever It Takes is Coakley’s second novel. His short stories, sports writing and essays have been widely published. He is a graduate of the MA in Creative Writing course in University College Cork.
