Jan Carson is a writer and community arts development officer currently based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She was a recipient of the Arts Council NI's Artist's Career Enhancement Bursary in 2014 and programmes the popular Literary Lunchtime series of readings at the Ulster Hall. Jan has had two short plays produced by Belfast-based theatre companies and writes reviews and articles for Culture NI. Jan's first novel, Malcolm Orange Disappears was published in June 2014. Her short stories have been published in Literary Journals on both sides of the Atlantic, including the Honest Ulsterman, Storm Cellar, the Bohemyth, the Incubator and Gone Lawn.
"A highly original book; very quirky."-- "Irish Examiner"
"At its best, Malcolm Orange Disappears reminds the reader of Kurt
Vonnegut and other masters of the absurd - Carson can be very, very
funny."-- "The Sunday Business Post"
"The best debut novel I've read in years."--Ian Samson
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