Jan Carson

Jan Carson is a writer based in Belfast. She has published three novels, three short story
collections and two micro-fiction collections. Her novel The Fire Starters won the EU Prize
for Literature for Ireland 2019. Jan’s latest novel, The Raptures was published by Doubleday
in early 2022 and was subsequently shortlisted for the An Post Irish Novel of the Year and
Kerry Group Novel of the Year. Her short story collection Quickly, While They Still Have
Horses was published by Doubleday in April 2024.