John O’Donoghue is the author of the memoir Sectioned: A Life Interrupted (John Murray, 2009); Brunch Poems (Waterloo Press, 2009) and Fools & Mad (2014); and the short story collection The King From Over The Water (The Wild Geese Press, 2019).

He has won numerous awards for his work, including Mind Book of the Year 2010; an Irish Post Listowel Week Award; and a Brookleaze Grant from the Royal Society of Literature.