"Set in 1994, The Coast Road tells the story of two women—Izzy and Colette. Colette has left her husband and sons for a married man in Dublin. When she returns to her home in County Donegal, her husband, Shaun, a successful businessman, denies her access to her children. 'The last great book I read,' the actress Gillian Anderson has said. 'It will no doubt be a bestseller.'"

Colm Tóibín

Alan Murrin is an Irish fiction writer from Donegal. In 2021 he was the winner of the Bournemouth Writing Prize for his short story 'The Wake', which went on to be shortlisted for story of the year at the Irish Book Awards. As a novel in progress, The Coast Road was longlisted for the Caledonia New Novel Award. He is a recipient of an Irish Arts Council Next Generation Award and a graduate of the prose fiction masters at UEA.