The fiction shed helps fiction writers through:

It’s run by me - Liza Costello - a novelist and poet. John Connolly described my first novel THE ESTATE as ‘a tense, atmospheric tale of fear and isolation, to be read in a single sitting with the lights on’. My second novel CROOKEDWOOD was called ‘an excellent psychological thriller’ (Irish Independent). My short fiction collection, Florence Stories, is due out with Broken Sleep Books at the end of 2025. I’ve written for the Saturday Independent, The Stinging Fly, the Manchester Review, Mslexia, Crannog, Southword and The Interpreter’s House, and over the years my writing has been shortlisted for the RTE Radio I Short Story Award, the Sean O’Faolain short story competition, and the Patrick Kavanagh award for an unpublished collection of poetry. When I get the chance, I add a new article to my sporadic substack on writing fiction.

From time to time, I teach a fiction writing course on writing in the psychological thriller genre, as well as an ‘Introduction to writing fiction’ one.

With my non fiction hat on, I did a PhD on Dermot Healy’s writing. I’ve written for the Dictionary of Irish Biography, the OUP journal, Interdisciplinary Studies of Literature and the Environment and this piece for the Dublin Review of Books. I am a member of AFEPI Ireland.

‘An accomplished stylist with a flair for setting and atmosphere … Liza Costello is a writer to watch.’ Irish Times