Noelle McCarthy

Noelle McCarthy
Born
Noelle Maria McCarthy

1978 or 1979 (age 45–46)
Cork, Ireland
CitizenshipIrish and New Zealand
Alma materUniversity College Cork
Occupations
  • Writer
  • radio broadcaster
Notable workGrand: Becoming my mother's daughter (2022)
Spouse
(m. 2018)
Children1

Noelle Maria McCarthy (born 1978 or 1979) is an Irish-New Zealand writer and broadcaster. Having moved to New Zealand as a young woman, McCarthy became a radio broadcaster on Radio New Zealand and since 2017 has produced podcasts. Her memoir of her relationship with her mother, Grand: Becoming my mother's daughter, was published in 2022 and won the first book prize for general non-fiction at the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.