Sarah Moore Fitzgerald

Sarah has a background in psychology, pedagogy and organisational behaviour and from 2023-24 is course director of the MA in Creative Writing. She's also Founding Director of UL's Creative Writing winter school. An award winning writer of short fiction and novels, Sarah is also a literacy advocate and was Ireland's inaugural chair of the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

She's played other leadership roles at UL including Associate Vice President, Academic and Dean of Teaching and Learning. She has published many books and research papers in the areas of teaching, learning, psychology and organisational behaviour. Her fiction has received awards and been shortlisted for many literary awards and prizes.

She's been shortlisted for the Waterstones Prize, The Calderdale Book Awards, Scotland's Red Book Awards, The Irish Book Awards and CBI book of the year. Her seven novels have been widely translated and are published by Orion and Hachette. Her fiction has been adapted for the stage in Edinburgh and on London's West End. Sarah is the 2022 winner of The London Magazine's short fiction prize, and is 2023 winner of the CBI artists' residency bursary.