Hesse Phillips' debut novel, Lightborne, was a 2022 finalist in the Irish Writers Centre's International Debut Novel Competition and a Historical Fiction Pick of the Year for 2024 in The Times (UK). It has been called "vivid and volatile," (The Guardian) "outrageously entertaining," (CrimeReads) and "dazzling" (The Financial Times). Hesse's poetry and short fiction have been nominated for…