Jan Carson is a writer and community arts facilitator based in Belfast. Her first novel, Malcolm Orange Disappears, was published in 2014 to critical acclaim, followed by a short-story collection, Children's Children (2016), and two flash fiction anthologies, Postcard Stories (2017) and Postcard Stories 2 (2020). Her second novel, The Fire Starters (2019), won the EU Prize for Literature and was shortlisted for the Dalkey Novel of the Year Award.
Her second short-story collection, The Last Resort, was published in 2021 and read on BBC Radio 4. She specializes in running arts projects and events with older people, especially those living with dementia. The Raptures is her third novel.
Her second short-story collection, The Last Resort, was published in 2021 and read on BBC Radio 4. She specializes in running arts projects and events with older people, especially those living with dementia. The Raptures is her third novel.
