A writer, lecturer, and independent filmmaker whose work has been published in prestigious venues including THE STINGING FLY, THE IRISH TIMES, POETRY IRELAND REVIEW and THE PARIS REVIEW. Jonathan co-wrote and produced the award-winning short film TROUBLE and wrote and directed the feature documentary THE BLUE SHROUD. He is the recent recipient of both Film and Literature Bursaries from the Arts Council of Ireland, an Artist Residency in the CENTRE CULTUREL IRLANDAIS in Paris and a Creative Fellowship from Harvard University. He teaches at the Mary Lavin Centre for Creative Writing in University College Dublin and serves on the faculty of the Graduate Business School in Griffith College Dublin.