NAOISE DOLAN s-a nascut in 1992 in Dublin. Dupa studiile la Trinity College din Dublin, a urmat un masterat in literatura victoriana la Oxford University. Si-a descoperit vocatia literara in timpul studentiei, publicand pe blogul personal. In 2016, a inceput sa predea engleza la Singapore, mutandu-se apoi in Hong Kong. Ulterior a trait la Londra, in Italia si in Irlanda. Scrie fictiune, eseuri si critica literara, articolele ei fiind publicate in The London Review of Books, The Guardian si Vogue. Vremuri interesante (Exciting Times, 2020; Humanitas Fiction, 2022), romanul ei de debut, a fost nominalizat la Women’s Prize 2021, Comedy Women in Print Prize 2021, International Dylan Thomas Prize 2021 si a fost finalist la Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award si Waterstones Book of the Year in 2020.