Billy Roche's first novel, Tumbling Down, was published by Wolfhound Press in 1986, followed by The Wexford Trilogy for The Bush Theatre. The Wexford Trilogy (A Handful Of Stars- Poor Beast In The Rain- Belfry) was later filmed for the B.B.C. His other plays include Amphibians (R.S.C) The Cavalcaders (The Abbey / Royal Court), On Such As We and Lay Me Down Softly (Abbey Theatre). Most recent plays include A Love Like That (Decadent Theatre) Of Mornington (Scalder Theatre) and The Diary Of Maynard Perdu (Menapia Theatre.)

Tales From Rainwater Pond, his acclaimed collection of short stories, was published by Pillar Press. He wrote the screenplay Trojan Eddie (winner of the San Sabastian Film Festival) and co-wrote the IFTA award winning The Eclipse with Conor McPherson (inspired by Billy’s short story "Table Manners"). The RTE four-part series Clean Break followed along with a short monologue for the stage called The Dog and Bone ( Wexford Arts Centre/ Lincoln Centre, New York).

Billy has been Writer-In-Residence at the Bush and Writer –In-Association at Druid and the Abbey Theatre

Billy Roche is a member of Aosdana.

Photo credit: Shane Fox