Sandrine Brisset comes from Brittany, in the West of France, and has been living in Dublin for over a decade. She has spent many years lecturing in the Law School of Trinity College Dublin and in the English Department of Saint Patrick’s College, Drumcondra. With Noreen Doody, she has edited Voicing Dissent: New Perspectives in Irish Criticism. She is the author of Brendan Kennelly: Behind the Smile.