writing
in progress
Orlaith is currently working on Mortal Treasures, a thriller set in New York.
The peaceful daily life of The Cloisters museum is shattered by murder. Curator Amy Harrington is caught up in
the investigation, exposing the seamy underbelly of antiquities dealing.
She is also writing an adaptation of Charlotte Lennox's The Female Quixote.
short stories
Her short stories cross many genres, but often have a touch of the fabulist.
The crime story 'Gilt' appears in the Fish Anthology 2007, and 'A Tall Tale'
appears in the summer issue of The Stinging Fly.
stories online
Read A Tall Tale here
You can read the short story Gilt here or watch Orlaith read an excerpt at the
Irish Writer's Centre, Dublin.
Read The Bottle here
Read The Latte Angel here.
Read Louisa and the Sea here
fiction aside...
In addition to writing academic articles and reviews, Orlaith has edited several books,
mainly for The British Library. They include:
> three volumes of The Bible as Book series
> The Wycliffe New Testament
> a Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer
> a Bibliography of Robert Graves
> She was also consultant editor and contributor for the first
Time Out Guide to Dublin
Orlaith also works as a ghostwriter.
Copyright © Orlaith O'Sullivan, 2008
