Fiona McPhillips

Fiona McPhillips is an Irish journalist, author and screenwriter. In 2019, she started an MA in Creative Writing at Dublin City University, graduating with first class honours.

Since then, her prose has been published in The Manchester Review, Barren, Hobart and elsewhere and her poetry has appeared in Atrium, Headstuff and The Galway Review. Her screenplay, Windmills, was a finalist in the 2020 Waterford International Film Festival and the New Renaissance Film Festival in London. She was awarded a 2021 literature bursary by the Arts Council of Ireland.

Fiona’s debut novel, When We Were Silent, was runner-up for the 2021 Crime Writers Association Debut Dagger. It was published in May 2024 by Transworld in the UK and Flatiron in the US. Fiona lives in Dublin with her three kids, two cats and a dog. 

You can keep in touch at http://fionamcphillips.com/ and https://twitter.com/fionamcp