Pádraig Kenny is an Irish writer from County Kildare. He is a graduate of Maynooth University, where he obtained a master’s degree in Anglo-Irish writing. Previously an arts journalist, a teacher and a librarian’s assistant, he now writes full-time.
Pádraig’s debut,Tin, was a Waterstones Book of the Month and was nominated for the Carnegies, as well as being shortlisted for the Irish Book Award and several regional awards. His other acclaimed books include Pog, The Monsters of Rookhaven, and The Shadows of Rookhaven.
Pádraig’s latest novels are Stitch, which draws on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and the post-apocalyptic sci-fi adventure, After.