In this session of Writer to Writer, Irish author Neil Hegarty discusses his debut novel, INCH LEVELS, and his second novel, THE JEWEL, with Jennifer McMahon.
Neil Hegarty grew up in Derry.
His novels include The Jewel; and Inch Levels, which was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Novel of the Year award.
Neil’s non-fiction titles include:
Dublin: A View from the Ground;
Frost: That Was the Life That Was, a biography of television journalist David Frost;
The Secret History of our Streets, which tells the story of twentieth-century London;
and The Story of Ireland, which accompanies the BBC television history of Ireland.
His short fiction and essays have appeared in the Dublin Review, Stinging Fly, Cyphers, PVA, Banshee, Tangerine, and other journals; and in a range of anthologies. Neil is co-editor of the essay collection Impermanence, which was adapted for radio by RTE. He is a regular writer on the Irish Times.
Neil lives in Dublin.
