Rachel Donohue

Rachel Donohue is the author of three literary mysteries. The Temple House Vanishing is set in a Catholic boarding school. It was an Irish Times bestseller in 2020; nominated for an An Post Irish Book Award in the Best Newcomer Category and for the Kate O’Brien Award for best debut by an Irish female author. It was named a CrimeReads debut of the month and one of the best thrillers of 2021 by the New York Times. Her second and third novels, The Beauty of Impossible Things and The Glass House, were published by Atlantic Books in the UK, to critical acclaim.

Rachel studied Philosophy and Politics in University College Dublin before working in communications. Her short stories have been published in the Irish Independent, Irish Times and RTE.ie, and in 2017 she won the Hennessy ”New Irish Writer of the Year” Award. She lives with her family in Dublin, Ireland.