About

Lisa Harding is a former actress, playwright and novelist. Her first novel Harvesting won the Kate O’Brien Award and was shortlisted for an Irish Book Award and the Kerry Group Prize. Her second novel Bright Burning Things was a Today Show Book Club Pick, a New York Times Editors’ Choice and a People Magazine Pick. It was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and a Dalkey Literary Award. Her new novel The Wildelings is out in April 2025. She lives in Dublin.