Deirdre Madden

Deirdre Madden
Born (1960-08-20) 20 August 1960
Toome, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
OccupationNovelist
EducationSt Mary's Grammar School
Trinity College Dublin (BA)
University of East Anglia (MA)
Notable awardsRooney Prize for Irish Literature (1987)
Somerset Maugham Award (1989)
Windham–Campbell Literature Prize (2024)

Deirdre Madden (born 20 August 1960) is a novelist and writer of children's books from Northern Ireland. She has won the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize, the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, and the Hennessy Literary Award and has twice been shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction.

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