Liz Nugent

Liz Nugent (born 1967 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish novelist. She is the author of six novels. Her latest novel is The Truth About Ruby Cooper, published in the Ireland and UK in March 2026.

Biography

Liz Nugent attended Holy Child Killiney, in County Dublin. At the age of six she suffered a brain injury which left her with dystonia. After leaving school she moved to London for a time.

After her return to Ireland, she enrolled in an acting course at the Gaiety School of Acting but soon switched to stage management. She toured the world with Riverdance as a stage manager and later worked in an administrative role in RTÉ on its flagship soap Fair City.

During her time at RTÉ, she was commissioned to write an animation series for Irish language TV station TG4 and also wrote a full-length radio play for RTÉ Radio. She subsequently won a European Broadcasting Union competition for a TV pilot. and by Scout Press (Simon & Schuster) in the US.