Ramya Jirasinghe writes poetry, plays, non-fiction, fiction and features. She was joint runner-up to the UK’s Guardian Orange First Words Prize (2009) and the TimesOnline UK selected her work for its 2009 collection of contemporary war poetry. Ramya was longlisted for the Fish Poetry Prize of Ireland (2011). Her book of poems, There’s an Island in the Bone, won the State Literary Joint-Award (2011). Her second collection of poems is Love Poems from a Frangipani Garden, and her poetic play, Water for Kings was staged by Mind Adventures Theatre Company. Ramya’s debut novel, Father Cabraal’s Recipe for Love Cake, won the Gratiaen Prize (2024).