Pat O'Connor is from Castleconnell Co. Limerick, Ireland. He has won the Sean O Faoláin International Short Story Prize, the Glimmertrain Best Start short story prize (joint), and been shortlisted for the Francis McManus, Fish, Hennessy and other prizes. His stories and articles have been published in journals, newspapers and anthologies in Ireland and abroad. Southword, Revival, Crannog, The Penny Dreadful, Irish Independent, Irish Times, China Writers Association, Pure Slush (Australia), and broadcast on RTE. He has been anthologized by Munster Literature Centre, Limerick Writers Centre, and in Hennessy New Irish Writing 2005-2015 amongst others. His radio play This Time It's Different was broadcast on 95FM in December 2014.