Claire-Louise Bennett is an author. Bennet's fiction and essays have appeared in The White Review, The Stinging Fly, gorse, Harper's Magazine, Vogue Italia, Music & Literature, and The New York Times magazine. She also writes about art and is a frequent contributor to frieze. In addition she has written for Tate etc., Artforum, and a number of international exhibition catalogues.Bennett's first book, "Pond," was published in 2015 and was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. Her second book, "Checkout 19," was published in 2021, and was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize.In 2016, Bennett was writer-in-residence at Temple Bar Gallery & Studio.