Paul Lynch is an internationally acclaimed Irish novelist who has published five novels, winning several awards in the process Before Prophet Song, which is longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023, Paul Lynch wrote four novels: Beyond the Sea, Grace, The Black Snow and Red Sky in Morning. His third novel, Grace, won the 2018 Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and the 2020 Ireland Francophonie Ambassadors Literary Award. His second novel, The Black Snow, won Frances bookseller prize, Prix Librà Nous for Best Foreign Novel.