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Anna Kitty O'Connor

actor & writer

About me

I am a neurodiverse actress and writer from Ireland. I studied acting at Bow Street Academy, the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and English at University College Cork.

My debut novel Romantic Debut was longlisted for the Women's Prize Discoveries in 2025, and the Penguin Michael Joseph Undiscovered Writer's Prize in 2024.

Publications

Selected fiction and non-fiction works.

Signifying Nothing

The Irish Times. Fighting Words Anthology • 2019 • Fiction

A testing time: Online learning is not a catch-all solution

Irish Independent • 2020 • Non-fiction

We can’t sit our Leaving Cert in a pandemic

The Echo • 2020 • Non-fiction

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