James Lawless

Who is James Lawless?

James Lawless is an Irish novelist, short story writer and poet who was born in the Liberties of Dublin. He is an arts graduate of University College Dublin and has an MA in Communications from Dublin City University. He taught in a secondary school and lectured for a number of years and volunteered for a time in the Simon community, which informed the social concerns in some of his work. At the age of six he moved with his family to Walkinstown, a suburb of Dublin, to live not far from the childhood home of the Hollywood actor, writer and Irish cultural ambassador Gabriel Byrne who wrote highly of Lawless' first novel Peeling Oranges. Lawless divides his time now between County Kildare and West Cork.