'Schaap’s prose is characterized by well-crafted, even sublime sentences, erudite literary references and sharp, dark humor... You’ll find a fortifying dose of grace in these pages.’- 
Ann Neumann, The New York Times Book Review

Rosie Schaap tried a lot of other jobs before she was an author. She was a librarian at a paranormal society. A bartender. An editor. A community organiser. A manager of shelters for homeless people. Her first book, Drinking With Men: A Memoir, came out in 2013.

A former columnist for The New York Times Magazine, she has also written for that paper’s book review, food, opinion, sport, and travel sections, and outlets including The Irish Times, Literary Hub, the Poetry Foundation, and every major US food magazine. Her essays appear in numerous anthologies.

Born and raised in New York City, Rosie has lived on the Antrim Coast since 2019. She currently teaches at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast, from which she received her MA in 2020. Her new book is The Slow Road North.

The Tuesday Group is a long-running creative writing workshop for prose writers at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s, coordinated by Dara McWade. Their regular Write Night sees a break from the workshop format to feature guest writers offering insights into their own writing lives.