William Trevor
Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer
20th-century irish short story writers
Bram Stoker
Irish author, best known today for his 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula
Edna O’Brien
Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer
Frank O’Connor
Irish writer of over 150 works, best known for his short stories and memoirs
James Joyce
Irish novelist, short story writer, poet and literary critic
Samuel Beckett
Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator
Elizabeth Bowen
Irish – British novelist and short story writer notable for her books about the “big house” of Irish landed Protestants as well her fiction about life in wartime London.