What is Dr Katriona O'Sullivan's upcoming book about?
Award-winning lecturer at Trinity College Dublin and bestselling author Dr Katriona O'Sullivan has revealed she is in the process of writing a second biographical book.
Dr O'Sullivan's memoir, Poor, was released in May 2023, debuting at number 1 on the Irish Non-fiction bestsellers list where it remained for more than a year.
Poor tells the story of how Dr O'Sullivan turned her life around after growing up surrounded by poverty, drug addiction and sexual abuse. Award-winning lecturer at Trinity College Dublin and bestselling author Dr Katriona O'Sullivan has revealed she is in the process of writing a second biography. Pic: Bookshelf Podcast/ Instagram
At 15, O'Sullivan fell pregnant with her first child, entered homelessness and suffered with alcohol addiction herself.
Her novel details how with the help of a number of academic figures, she was able to beat the odds, eventually receiving a PhD from Trinity College Dublin where she still teaches Psychology.
The author and lecturer has now revealed that she is 30,000 words into her next book, which is a biography about her body, titled Hunger.
Speaking to Ryan Tubridy on his podcast, The Bookshelf with Ryan Tubridy, O'Sullivan made the revelation after Tubridy asked what the name of her next memoir would be.
'I'm writing a second one[autobiography],' she revealed, 'I'm writing a book and it's called Hungry. It's actually a biography of my body and the things that I have been through as a woman.
'It talks about how women like me, poor women particularly or women who are traumatised, how we're driven to be skinny and the things that we do in pursuit of that.'
Dr O'Sullivan detailed that it included gastric bands and gastric surgeries.'
'So there's that but it's also, it's hungry for recognition and connection,' she told Ryan, 'It's about my experiences; the hunger I've had and the things that I've done to achieve lots of different things — some that weren't very helpful and some that have been really helpful.'
Asked when eager fans could expect to see the book on shelves, Dr O'Sullivan confirmed March 2026.
'I'm 30,000 words in and I'm really enjoying it actually but it's hard because it's a different type of story,' she shared.
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