Cork author Danielle McLaughlin wins £30k prize for 'pitch-perfect' short story

Cork author Danielle McLaughlin has won the 2019 Sunday Times Audible Short story award, which at £30,000 is the richest prize for a single short story written in English.

Her story A Partial List of the Saved, triumphed over that by Kevin Barry, who won the award in 2012, and also those by Emma Cline, Paul Dalla Rosa, Joe Dunthorne and Louise Kennedy. It explores a divorce and the interwoven family relationships it affects.