Having left school aged seventeen, Dubliner Moya Roddy went to art college as a night student. She continued to paint during a two-year stay in Italy before moving to London where she trained as a television director. Que Sera Sera which she wrote and directed won a Sony Award in 1984 and in1985 the British Film Institute commissioned her to write her first feature film. Several of her screenplays have been optioned in the United States and she's worked for Channel 4, BBC, Scottish Television and RTÉ. On her return to Ireland she published a novel The Long Way Home (Attic Press) which was described in The Irish Times as 'simply brilliant'. Her collection of short stories Other People (Wordsonthestreet) was nominated for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and a radio play Dance Ballerina Dance was short-listed for the P J O'Connor Award and produced by RTÉ. With her partner Pete Mullineaux she's co-written two plays for GYT and a radio play Butterfly Wings for RTÉ. She did a Portfolio Course in art at GTI (2005) and was awarded an MA in Writing (Hons First Class) from NUIG in 2008. Her poetry was short-listed for the Hennessy Award and her debut collection Out of the Ordinary was short-listed for the Strong Shine Award in 2018. She also facilitates meditation at Brigit's Garden.