The Good Son

Paul McVeigh is an Irish author born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, whose debut novel The Good Son (2015), set during the Troubles, won the Polari First Book Prize and McCrea Literary Award, and was shortlisted for several others including the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award. His play Big Man (2022) won an Irish Times Theatre Award, and his short story collection I Hear You was published in 2025. He is also known for editing anthologies, short stories broadcast on BBC Radio, and co-founding the London Short Story Festival.paulmcveighwriter.com, Arvon Foundation, National Centre for Writing