A Tale of Three Indies are joined by Michelle Gallen. Michelle studied English literature at Trinity College Dublin and won several prestigious prizes as a young writer. Following a devastating brain injury in her mid-twenties, she co-founded three award-winning companies and won international recognition for digital innovation.

Michelle’s first novel, Big Girl, Small Town, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, Newcomer of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards and the Comedy Women in Print award, the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize and the Kate O'Brien Award. Factory Girls is published on 23rd June.