Pádraig Kenny is an Irish writer who hails from County Kildare. Previously an arts journalist, a teacher and a librarian's assistant, he now writes full-time. His debut novel, Tin, was a Waterstones Children's Book of the Month and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal. His second novel, Pog, was an Independent Bookseller's Book of the Month. He lives with his wife and four children in Limerick, Ireland.