N P Cunniffe was born in County Roscommon, Ireland. He holds an MA in Writing the Modern World (UEA) and a BA in English and Film Studies (UCD).

He has self-published a novelette, The Wake: An Irish Ghost Story (2020) and a novella, The Weejee Man (2023), as well as a short story. He is currently undergoing a novel writing course with Curtis Brown and is a member of the Horror Writers’ Association, Byte the Book and the British Fantasy Society.