Megan Nolan was born in 1990 in Waterford, Ireland and is currently based in London. Her essays and reviews have been published by the New York Times, White Review, Guardian and Frieze amongst others. Her debut novel, Acts of Desperation, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2021 and was the recipient of a Betty Trask Award, shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award and longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize.
Please believe the hype . . . Nolan's book describes a very
particular experience and it does so with rare intelligence and
courage . . . [Her] headlong, fearless prose feels like salt wind
on cracked lips. You wince and you thrill.
*Sunday Times*
Deeply felt and seriously, spikily intelligent . . . The millennial
author everyone should be watching right now.
*Daily Telegraph*
Tapping into the zeitgeist comes one of the books of 2021: Megan
Nolan's Acts of Desperation . . . a heartbreaking-but-resonating
portrait of one woman's savage mistreatment of herself in the name
of love.
*Stylist*
There is so much to admire in this extremely impressive first
novel, which captures an intense experience with clarity and style.
It is fully itself, and flawless in its way.
*Guardian*
Nigh-on impossible not to devour.
*Daily Mail*
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