Trespasses author Louise Kennedy on leaving Ireland, chef life and her new novel Stations
The writer, whose Troubles-set debut became a TV series starring Gillian Anderson, discusses her path from chef to novelist and how a cancer diagnosis shaped her latest book, The Guardian reports.
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Novelist Louise Kennedy, author of Trespasses, discussed her journey from chef to writer and the origins of her new novel Stations in an interview with The Guardian.
Kennedy's debut novel Trespasses, set during the Troubles, was adapted into a television series starring Gillian Anderson and was shortlisted for the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction, according to the report.
She told the newspaper that she and her husband bought their home in Sligo in 2007 and opened a restaurant that initially thrived before the following year's financial crisis eroded their customer base.
Kennedy said she worked as a chef for 30 years across Dublin, London and Beirut before settling in Sligo, and had not considered writing since a teacher praised a poem she wrote at age seven.
The interview also touches on how a cancer diagnosis influenced her decision to write Stations, which follows her short-story collection The End of the World Is a Cul-de-Sac, according to The Guardian.
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- ‘We left Ireland because there wasn’t work – and we wanted to get the hell away’: Trespasses author Louise Kennedy — The Guardian — Culture
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