Susannah Dickey

Susannah Dickey is a novelist and poet from Derry in Northern Ireland.
Dickey received an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in 2020.
Her first novel, Tennis Lessons, was published by Doubleday in 2020. Her second novel, Common Decency, followed in 2022, and was reviewed in The Times, The Irish Times and The Guardian.
She has published several poetry pamphlets, including I Had Some Very slight Concerns, Genuine Human Values, Bloodthirsty for Marriage and Oh!. Her first collection of poetry, ISDAL, was published by Picador in September 2023. In 2024 it became the winner of the inaugural PEN Heaney Prize.