Rosemary Mairs lives in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. She studied Psychology at Queen’s University, Belfast.

Her stories have been published in anthologies and won prizes. My Father’s Hands received The Society of Authors’ ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award. She has stammered since the age of twelve; the boost to her self-esteem from being a published author has dramatically improved her speaking fluency. She has finally found her ‘voice’. The semi-autobiographical A Beginner’s Guide to Stammering was longlisted for the Bristol Prize (2018).

Her debut short story collection A Recycled Marriage (Cinnamon Press, 2021) was an Eludia Award Finalist. Her new collection, Miss Win: Tales of Intrigue and Deception (Last Line Press, 2024) delves into the murky world of fraudsters and deceivers.

She is currently writing a novel.