Sarah Maria Griffin

Sarah Maria Griffin (c1988), is an Irish writer and poet living in Dublin.

Sarah Maria Griffin
Bornc.1988
Dublin
NationalityIrish

Born about 1988, Sarah Maria Griffin grew up in the Kilbarrack and Raheny areas of Dublin. After completing English, Media and Cultural Studies in Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design + Technology. She moved to Galway where she did a Masters in Creative Writing at NUI Galway and then moved to San Francisco.[1] Griffin began writing poetry before beginning to write articles for newspapers. This became her first book. In 2013 she signed a publishing deal. She returned to Ireland in 2015.[2][3]

She was selected as Writer-In-Residence at Maynooth University for the 2018 to 2019 academic year, and in 2007 she won the European Science Fiction Awards Chrysalis Award.[3]

Griffin has written for a number of publications and as of 2019 writes a podcast for The Irish Times.[4][1][5][6]

Bibliography
  • Follies, (2011)[7]
  • Not Lost: A Story About Leaving Home, (2013)[8]
  • Spare and Found Parts, (2016)[9]
  • Other Words for Smoke, (2019)[10]

References and sources
  1. Freyne, Patrick (2013-03-21). "Tomorrowland: 'I can't believe my life'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  2. Lynch, Donal (2019-04-22). "'I would recommend it as a marriage approach - just bail' - author Sarah Maria Griffin on why she chose to elope". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  3. "Writer's Block with Sarah Maria Griffin". The Gloss Magazine. 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  4. "dlr Writer in residence 2018-2019, Sarah Maria Griffin". dlr LIBRARIES. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  5. Griffin, Sarah Maria (2016-02-03). "Biography". Dublin Inquirer. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  6. "An Post Irish Book Awards » Sarah Maria Griffin". An Post Irish Book Awards. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  7. Griffin, Sarah Maria. (2010). Follies. Belfast: Lapwing Publications. ISBN 9781907276699. OCLC 753639790.
  8. Griffin, Sarah Maria. Not lost : a story about leaving home. Dublin. ISBN 9781848403031. OCLC 1003317174.
  9. Griffin, Sarah Maria, Spare and found parts, Kerr, Alana,, Smyth, Alan, ISBN 9781441742087, OCLC 1000301871
  10. Griffin, Sarah Maria (2019-03-12). Other words for smoke (First ed.). New York, NY. ISBN 9780062408914. OCLC 1040530861.
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