NP Cunniffe was born in County Roscommon, Ireland. He holds an MA in Writing the Modern World (UEA) and a BA in English and Film Studies (UCD).

He won a scholarship to the Winchester Writers’ Festival in 2017 and was longlisted for the Bath Novel Award in 2020 for The Vampires of Westminster.

He has self-published a novelette, The Wake: An Irish Ghost Story (2020) and a novella, The Weejee Man (2023), as well as a short story. He has also completed a novel writing course with Curtis Brown and is a currently working on a full-length Irish Gothic thriller novel.

He has over several years of experience in academic publishing in Production, Design and Editorial and works full time as a publisher data manager in London.

Endorsements

“Horror involving Irish folklore may well find itself back in the spotlight after the
arrival of NP Cunniffe’s The Weejee Man,” Tony Jones, Ginger Nuts of Horror

“Niall takes his work seriously, is mature and is professional in his
approach…His imaginative work is also distinctive,” Paul Perry, The Orchid
Keeper and The Garden

“Elements of Gothic horror with rigorously contemporary references … unusual and exciting take on the Gothic!” the Curtis Brown Creative Team

“Erudite, fluent and a pleasure to read,” Rachel Hore, A Place of Secrets

”Really excellent story [The Wake]. I love the spectral echoes of Joyce’s The
Dead… I was gripped,” Graham Price, author of Oscar Wilde and Contemporary
Irish Drama