It’s run by me - Liza Costello - a novelist and poet. John Connolly described my first novel THE ESTATEas ‘a tense, atmospheric tale of fear and isolation, to be read in a single sitting with the lights on’. My second novel CROOKEDWOODwas 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, TheStinging 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the RTE Radio I Short Story Award, the Sean O’Faolain short story competition, and the Patrick Kavanagh award for an unpublished collection of poetry.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.