About T.A. Morton

T.A. Morton is an Irish/Australian writer. Previously she has worked as journalist and editor for Longman Pearson in Hong Kong. Her short stories have been published in the Lakeview International Journal of Arts and Literature and The Best Asian Short Stories. She has a Masters in Crime and Thriller writing from the University of Cambridge.

In February 2020 she was shortlisted for the Virginia Prize for fiction for her novel, The Queen, The Soldier and The Girl. In October 2020 she was shortlisted for the Strands International Flash fiction and Bridport prize. In Autumn 2022 Monsoon Books published her novella, Someone is Coming. Her latest novel, The Coffee Shop Masquerade, was released by Earnshaw Books in 2025. She was also a producer and co-host of The Asian Bookshelf podcast, which spotlighted contemporary South East Asian writing.

In addition to her fiction, Morton is engaged in literary research and writing on W. Somerset Maugham, with a particular focus on his life and work in Southeast Asia.