Olivia Fitzsimons is from Northern Ireland now living in County Wicklow with her husband, Director, Brian Durnin, and two children. Her debut novel, The Quiet Whispers Never Stop (2022), was shortlisted for the Kate O'Brien and Butler Literary Awards, and named as one of the Irish Examiner Books of the Year for
Olivia Fitzsimons is from Northern Ireland now living in County Wicklow with her husband, Director, Brian Durnin, and two children. Her debut novel, The Quiet Whispers Never Stop (2022), was shortlisted for the Kate O’Brien and Butler Literary Awards, and named as one of the Irish Examiner Books of the Year for 2022. She is a contributing editor at The Stinging Fly and commissions the This So-Called Writing Life essay series. Her writing has been awarded Literature Bursaries from the Arts Council of Ireland and Northern Ireland, as well as residencies from Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris and The Dean Art Studios. She has given workshops and masterclasses at universities and festivals across Ireland and her fiction and essays have appeared in numerous publications including The Stinging Fly, The Irish Times, Banshee, and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. She is working on her second novel and a short story collection.
