Sue Rainsford is a highly regarded Irish author, known for her works in fiction, fantasy, and arts. She was born in Dublin and has made a name for herself with her unique storytelling abilities and her ability to weave together lyric, embodied, and hybrid texts. Rainsford's writing is often concerned with questions of otherness, transcription, and corporeal and critical inquiry. She completed her undergraduate studies at Trinity College and later earned her MFA in Writing & Literature from Bennington College in Vermont.
Rainsford's work has been recognized with numerous awards and accolades. In 2017, she was awarded a MacDowell Colony Fellowship in New Hampshire, and she has also received the VAI/DCC Award for Critical Writing. She has been a three-time winner of the Arts Council Literature Bursary Award, which she received in 2013, 2018, and 2019. In addition to these honors, Rainsford has served as a writer in residence for visual arts at the Roscommon Arts Center and is currently the writer in residence at Maynooth University.
Rainsford made her writing debut in 2018 with the novel "Follow Me to Ground," which was an instant success. The book won the Kate O’Brien Award and was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Award and the Republic of Consciousness Award. Her writing has been praised for its originality, beauty, and depth, and she has been compared to notable authors such as Angela Carter and Shirley Jackson. Despite her success, Rainsford remains a humble and dedicated writer, committed to exploring the limits of language and storytelling in her work.