Damhnait Monaghan

Damhnait (pronounced “Downith”) Monaghan won the 2022 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Award in the Romance category for her debut novel New Girl in Little Cove. The novel was inspired by the years Damhnait spent teaching in outport Newfoundland in the 1980s. The Globe & Mail calls it “a warm hug of a book” and Post Media says “This charming fish-out-of-water tale practically begs to make the leap from page to screen as a heart-warming movie.”

Damhnait is also an award-winning flash fiction writer with numerous publication credits. Her novella-in-flash, The Neverlands won Best Novella in the 2020 Saboteur Awards. She was born and grew up in Canada (Ontario and Newfoundland & Labrador) but now lives in the south of England.

Find out more at www.damhnaitmonaghan.com