Tanya Farrelly is the author of two other books: a short story collection, When Black Dogs Sing (winner of the Kate O’ Brien Award 2017) published by Arlen House, and The Girl Behind the Lens, a literary thriller published by Killer Reads, an imprint of HarperCollins. She holds a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing from Bangor University, Wales, and facilitates classes at The Irish Writers Centre, Dublin. She lives by the sea with her writer-husband, David Butler, in Bray, County Wicklow.