Kevin Power

Kevin Power (born 1981)[1] is an Irish writer and academic.

His novel Bad Day in Blackrock was published by The Lilliput Press in 2008 and filmed in 2012 as What Richard Did.

[2] In April 2009 Power received the 2008 Hennessy XO Emerging Fiction Award for his short story "The American Girl"[3] and was shortlisted for RTÉ's Francis MacManus short story award in 2007 for his piece entitled "Wilderness Gothic".

[5] Power graduated from University College Dublin with a BA (2002), an MA (2003), and a PhD in American Literature in 2013.

[6] He currently teaches in the School of English at Trinity College Dublin.