Mia Dƶring is the author of Any Girl: a Memoir of Surviving Prostitution in Ireland, a 2022 bestseller. Miaās fiction, essays, and articles have been published in the Sunday Miscellany Anthology, Ropes Literary Journal, Litro Magazine, The Bohemyth, The Irish Independent, The Sunday Independent, Irish Country Magazine, and more.Ā
She is a 2024 Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair winner with her novelĀ Baby Girl.Ā She is working on her second novel.
When sheās not writing, Mia has a smallĀ psychotherapy practiceĀ and appears in documentaries, podcasts, and radio on issues around violence against women and sexual trauma, as well as speaking in colleges, schools, and at conferences. She has given a TED talk on her experience.
In a letter to Mia, Irish President Michael D. Higens wrote, āYour message is one of radical truth.ā
She holds a BA in Fine Art from NCAD, an MA in broadcast journalism, a diploma in Psychology, and a BA in Integrative Psychotherapy. She lives in Dublin by the sea.
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