Jan Carson FRSL is a writer from Northern Ireland. Her books include Malcolm Orange Disappears (2014), Children’s Children (2016), Postcard Stories (2017), The Fire Starters (2019) – which won the EU Prize for Literature in 2019 – and The Raptures (2021). She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2023.
Born in Ballymena in 1980, Carson lives in Belfast, where she runs arts events for the elderly.
Short stories
- A Little Unsteadily Into Light (2022, New Island Books)
References
- Creamer, Ella (12 July 2023). "Royal Society of Literature aims to broaden representation as it announces 62 new fellows". The Guardian.
- Lee Henry, "Author Jan Carson's life has been full of novel twists", Belfast Telegraph, 21 June 2017.
- "Jan Carson" at European Union Prize for Literature.
- "A Little Unsteadily Into Light". New Island Books. Retrieved 28 January 2023.