Galway-born writer Lisa McInerney has been awarded a literary prize for her second novel, Cork-set 'The Blood Miracles'. The Royal Society of Literature presented the Encore Reward to Ms McInerney and British writer Andrew Michael Hurley. Lisa McInerneyMs McInerney says she was "pleased and grateful" to be recognised by the society. [/quote]Mr Hurley was honoured for his second novel 'Devil's Day', and he echoed Ms McInerney's view of the 'second novel'. [/quote]Lisa McInerney’s debut novel, 'The Glorious Heresies', won the 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction and the 2016 Desmond Elliott Prize.

Source: Evening echo May 10, 2018 10:52 UTC