Kevin Barry is an Irish writer who has published three collections of short stories and four novels. His work has received significant international recognition. City of Bohane, published in 2011, won the International Dublin Literary Award in 2013, which is the world's most valuable annual literary fiction prize for books published in English. Barry's 2015 novel Beatlebone won the Goldsmiths Prize. His 2019 novel Night Boat to Tangier was longlisted for the Booker Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in English-language fiction. Beyond his novels and short stories, Barry is also involved in editorial work, serving as an editor of Winter Papers, an arts and culture annual.