Welcome and thank you for visiting. I value your time and interest. Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, I now live in San Francisco with my husband and our two daughters.

My stories and writing often center on the body—its joys, secrets, memory, urges, and horrors. When I write, I’m stolen away.

From my Blog

Goodnight Nobody Is Born

Ethel Rohan knows how to startle the dark. Her compassionate intensity illuminates the prose and the people of Goodnight Nobody—thirty short stories that are as sharp as they are earnest, luminous stories that reflect with sparse elegance our humanity and our … Continue reading

Events

  • Instructor, One Day Master Class
    "The Brilliance of Brevity"
    Book Passage, Corte Madera
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    Sunday, July 21, 2013
  • Instructor, One Day Master Class
    "The Basics of Brilliant Storytelling"
    Book Passage, Corte Madera
    Full Details Soon
    Sunday, August 18, 2013
  • Instructor, Abroad Writers Conference
    "The Brilliance of Brevity"
    Lismore Castle
    Waterford, Ireland
    December 11-13, 2013
    Wednesday, December 11, 2013
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