Michelle Gallen

Michelle Gallen is a Northern Irish author whose fiction captures life in a small border town during and after the Troubles with dark humour, sharp observation, and fierce intelligence. Her debut novel, Big Girl, Small Town, follows a young woman navigating the sectarian tensions, gossip, and social pressures of a community still shaped by conflict, told with a distinctive voice that is by turns hilarious and devastating. Gallen has been praised for her ability to find comedy in the darkest circumstances without diminishing the very real pain of her characters. Her books and audiobooks offer listeners a fresh, memorable perspective on Northern Irish life and the legacy of the Troubles.