Donal RyanDonal Ryan is from County Tipperary in Ireland. His novels, The Spinning Heart, The Thing about December, and All We Shall Know, and his short-story collection, A Slanting of the Sun, have all been published to majo acclaim. The Spinning Heart won the Guardian First Book Award, the EU Prize for Literature (Ireland), and Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. Donal is a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Limerick. He lives with his wife, Anne Marie, and their two children just outside Limerick City. Read More Read Less