About the Author

Bernard MacLaverty was born in Belfast, where he worked for ten years as a medical laboratory technician before studying English at Queen’s University. He then moved to Scotland and taught for a number of years. He now writes full time and lives in Glasgow.

He has written three novels, Lamb, Cal, both of which have been made into successful films, and Grace Notes, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and four collections of short stories: Secrets, A Time to Dance, The Great Profundo and Walking the Dog.