Damhnait Monaghan

Damhnait Monaghan is a Canadian author, formerly a teacher and lawyer. She is an award-winning flash fiction writer with numerous publication credits. Her novella-in-flash, 'The Neverlands,' was voted Best Novella in the 2020 Saboteur Awards. Her debut novel, 'New Girl in Little Cove,' won the 2022 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Award in the Romance category. The book was inspired by her years teaching in outport Newfoundland and has been described as a "warm hug of a book" and a "charming fish-out-of-water tale." Monaghan grew up in Ontario and Newfoundland, lived in England for 25 years, and returned to Ontario in 2025.