Melissa Diem

Melissa Diem has an MPhil in Creative Writing from Trinity College Dublin and was awarded a Bank of Ireland Millennium Scholarship. She has published the novel, Changeling (Pan and Gill & Macmillan) and poetry in several journals including 'Poetry Ireland Review', 'The Stinging Fly', 'The Shop', 'The Sunday Tribune', and 'Rival'. She was the Featured Poet in 'The Stinging Fly' Spring issue 2010. She was short-listed for both the Hennessy Literary Awards and the Bradshaw Cork Literary Review Poetry Manuscript Competition and joint runner up for the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award. She is currently focusing on making poetry films and can be followed or contacted on twitter @Melissa_Diem

Media reviews for Changeling

'For a debut, Changeling comes with serious credentials. And this startling, original work of fiction deserves them...Diem, whose moving first novel is nothing short of accomplished...'

Paula Shields, Irish Examiner Weekend.

'A startling and thought-provoking viewpoint, not only on disability but on life, the universe and everything.'

Roberta Grey, Sunday Tribune.

'The book has amazing depth of detail...What stands out is the emotional core...an honesty and reality to the characters that the reader can identify with...'

Leslie Ann Horgan, Critics Choices, Ireland on Sunday.

'...the language of the book is very descriptive and beautiful but extraordinarily weird...her imagination is brilliant.'

Ger Harrahill, Woman's Way.

'...a complex and inspiring novel... a book we can all learn from...She's working on a second novel, which is bound to be eagerly awaited.'

Frances Cashman, Insight magazine.