Goldsmiths Prize 2016 Mike McCormack (born 1965) is an Irish novelist and short-story writer.

He has published two collections of short stories, Getting It In the Head and Forensic Songs, and four novels: Crowe's Requiem, Notes from a Coma, Solar Bones, and This Plague of Souls.

He was described as "a disgracefully neglected writer"[1][2] early in his career, but the success of some of his later works and his tenure as a writing educator have brought him wide recognition today.

[4] He grew up on a farm in Louisburgh, County Mayo, and studied English and philosophy at the University of Galway.

[8] A story from the collection, "The Terms", was adapted into a short film directed by Johnny O'Reilly released in 2000.