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Elizabeth O'Connor

Elizabeth O'Connor lives in Birmingham. Her short stories have appeared in The White Review and Granta, and she was the winner of The White Review Short Story Prize in 2020. She has a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Birmingham, on the modernist writer H.D. and her writing of coastal landscapes. Whale Fall is her first novel.

Genres: Historical

Novels

Whale Fall (2024)

Award nominations

	2025 Dublin Literary Award (longlist) : Whale Fall
	2025 Betty Trask Prize (nominee) : Whale Fall
	2025 ALA Notable Books for Adults (nominee) : Whale Fall
	2024 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize for Fiction (finalist) : Whale Fall

Elizabeth O'Connor recommends

Venus, Vanishing (2026)
Rebecca Birrell
"Wonderful. Sharp and deft, yet alive with a deep, resonant tenderness. I absolutely LOVED Venus, Vanishing."

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