Austin Duffy

Austin Duffy is the critically-acclaimed author of four novels; This Living and Immortal Thing (Granta Books), Ten Days (Granta Books), The Night Interns (Granta Books), and Cross (Granta Books) which was published in August 2024.  This Living and Immortal Thing was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year, Runner-Up for the McKitterick Prize and was highly commended for the BMA Medical Books Awards.

He grew up in Ireland, studied medicine at Trinity College Dublin and is a practising medical oncologist. He lives in Ireland with his wife and two children.

The Night Interns
‘With the dark humour and moral seriousness that make Austin Duffy’s writing so captivating, The Night Interns brilliantly portrays the excruciating stress of constantly feeling that what is expected of you may well be more than you are capable of achieving’  Carys Davies

‘A sharp shock of a book, visceral, and acutely affecting’  Lisa McInerney

Cross

‘A tremendous novel, powerful and compelling, written with great gritty authenticity’  William Boyd

‘A thrillingly tense read… a novel of riveting clarity and international relevance for our turbulent times‘ Claire Kilroy

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