How the light gets in, c2003 t.p. (M.J. Hyland) verso, Australian CIP (hdg.: Hyland, M. J. (Maria Joan), 1968-)
Wikipedia (online encyclopedia), viewed on 21 September 2009 M.J. Hyland (M.J. Hyland (born 6 June 1968) is a novelist. She made her debut in Australia in 2003 with How the Light Gets In. Maria Hyland was born in London to Irish parents. When she was two years old her family moved to Australia, but returned to Dublin after a few years, where Hyland spent her early childhood. When she was eleven years old, the family once again travelled to Australia, settling in Melbourne. Hyland moved to London in 2005. In 2006, she lived in Rome thanks to an Australia Council scholarship. She currently lives in Manchester, England, where she is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Manchester) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page