Dermot Bolger is one of Ireland's best-known writers across a range of genres. His fifteen novels include The Journey Home, The Family on Paradise Pier, New Town Soul, Tanglewood, The Lonely Sea and Sky and most recently, Hide Away. He is also an accomplished playwright and poet, with his most recent play, Last Orders at the Dockside, having a hugely successful sold-out run at the Abbey Theatre in 2019.