A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Welcome
Born in Dublin in 1958, studied English and French Literature at University College, Dublin. He moved to New York in 1980 where he married Christine Breen, whom he had met while she was also a student at UCD. His first job in New York was opening boxes of books in Fox & Sutherland’s Bookshop in Mount Kisco. In 1985, he and Chris left America to attempt to make lives as writers in Ireland. On April 1st they moved to the cottage in west Clare that Chris’s grandfather had left eighty years before. They have two adult children, a dog named Finn and a cat called Thanks. Niall’s first four books, published between 1987 and 1995, were co-written with Chris and tell of their life together in Co Clare.
Latest Release By Niall Williams
Kiltumper Writing Workshop
In 2021, we took the Kiltumper Writing Workshops online. We have since worked with over 30 fiction writers from around the world. The next online workshop in fiction will commence on Saturday, 26th February and run for five Saturdays, 6 pm to 9 pm GMT. The workshop will be conducted through Zoom, and the fee is €300. Places limited. Use the contact page for further info. Places can be secured by payment of a non-refundable deposit of €100 here or use the contact page if you have any questions.
News
Bloomsbury UK and Bloomsbury USA published IN KILTUMPER, A Year in an Irish Garden by Niall and Christine in August 2021. Both a chronicle of a gardening year and a glimpse of a lifetime of writing and gardening, it will be Niall and Christine’s first co-authored book in 25 years. Claire Connolly of The Times Literary Supplement writes: ‘It is a record, both honest and beautiful, of a sustainable but precarious way of life.’
We have taken the successful Kiltumper Writing Workshops online. The next online workshop in fiction takes place in February this year. Places, which are limited, can be secured by payment of a non-refundable deposit of €100 HERE or use the contact page if you have any questions.
The film, FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE, script by Niall and directed by Polly Steele starring Mark Rylance is currently in pre-production.
Other television and feature film screenplays are in development. Niall and Christine have recently adapted Helen Cullen’s novel, THE LOST LETTERS OF WILLIAM WOOLF for Mainstreet Pictures.
Articles
The Good Life: One couple’s success at writing their way back to nature
The Good Life: One couple’s success at writing their way back to nature. Article from Independent.ie
What Frank Sinatra Taught Me About America
When I was 23, I came to America for the first time with my soon-to-be wife, and settled in her hometown of Katonah, New York.
