Murt Malone is a seasoned writer with 15 books, several radio plays, 20 broadcast short stories, and a stage play. His awards include the RTE Francis MacManus Short Story Award, The Killarney International Short Story Prize and the Inaugural Cecil Day Lewis Literary Award, as well as The Sunday Independent/John B Keane Literary Bursary. His print work includes Thames & Hudson UK, Scribner UK, Stand UK, Bridport Prize UK, Poolbeg Press, New Island, Doire Press, Owl Fella’s Press and provincial and national newspapers such as The Sunday Times, The Daily Mirror, Ireland on Sunday, The Irish Times. Radio work includes RTE Radio 1: The Ryan Tubridy Show, Arena, Myles Dungan, Sunday Miscellany, and Lyric FM, Newstalk, Today FM…TV: RTE 1, TV 3, Irish News. He holds a Master’s degree (Distinction) in the Philosophy of Creative Writing from Trinity College. His short story Bone Deep is currently on the literary programme at San Jose State University, California and at several colleges in Denmark. He was Editorial Consultant for FISH Publishing), and more recently taught English to war refugees from Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. His body of work includes novels, novellas, and short stories drawn from his experiences of his UN service in Iraq and Lebanon. After Kafra deals with PTSD and was optioned by RTE TV, while The Broken Cedar was optioned by a UK film company in 2022. His story Valley of the Peacock Angel was nominated for The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Prize, inspired by his experiences of literally drawing the short straw for a patrol through the town of Halabja, where over 5,000 perished in a chemical weapon attack…
Valerie Malone, Murt’s wife, sometimes writes, maintains the webpage, handles press and social media, represents Owl Fella’s Press, and keeps the ship in clear waters. Valerie’s interests include photography, hiking, travelling, reading and cooking.
