Catherine Prasifka was born in Dublin in 1996. She studied English
Literature at Trinity College Dublin and has an MLitt in Fantasy
from the University of Glasgow. She has competed in both the
European Debating Championships and the World Championships. She is
obsessed with learning about how stories work and has ruined nearly
all of her favourite books and movies by overanalysing them. She
works as a creative writing teacher in Dublin. None of This Is
Serious is her first novel.
@prasifcat
'An extraordinary novel. None of This Is Serious brilliantly
explores the impossibility to "come of age" in end times, where
screens are so contiguous to experience that no-one is ever truly
online or offline. She writes truthfully and with affectless nuance
about the labyrinthine workings of friend groups and the defences
women scramble for in a world that still hates us' - NAOISE DOLAN,
author of EXCITING TIMES
'I inhaled None of This Is Serious. I've been waiting for a
fictional story that reflects the all-consuming influence that the
Internet has on my life. None of This Is Serious is that story. A
compulsively readable, fresh and painfully accurate description of
the way we live now. Don't let the title fool you. It is serious.
Seriously good' - LOUISE NEALON, author of SNOWFLAKE
'None of This Is Serious is brilliant - so devastatingly precise
about being a young woman living in Ireland and online today,
moving deftly between sharp, hilarious observations and
heartbreaking, enraging moments' - CLAIRE HENNESSY, author of LIKE
OTHER GIRLS
'None of This Is Serious is such a compelling novel, and Sophie is
such a relatable character - reading her story felt like one of
those meaningful and immersive conversations you can only have with
a stranger at 3am in the toilets of a dingy club, all hearts laid
bare. At times agonisingly close to the bone, Catherine Prasifka's
debut novel is an exquisitely unnerving portrayal of who we are and
how we live' - KATIE HALE, author of MY NAME IS MONSTER
'A stunning, searing vision of modern neurosis and female
experience in the online age, with characters so boldly done they
jump out of the page and follow you around the room. You'll come
away from it punch-drunk and staggered' - J.R. THORP, author of
LEARWIFE
'A Rooneyesque novel about the tumultuous transition from
adolescence to adulthood among university friends' - The Times
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