Docs Ireland Podcast Creators & Guests

Susan McKay is a writer, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. Currently, she writes for The Guardian/The Observer, The New York Times, The Irish Times, and the London Review of Books.In 1981, McKay moved to Belfast to write her PhD at The Queen's University of Belfast but instead became one of the founding members of the Belfast Rape Crisis Centre. Thereafter, she worked on a number of community development projects before becoming a full-time journalist in 1989.McKay became the Northern Ireland editor for the Sunday Tribune. Her first book, "Sophia's Story," was published in 1998. She has published six nonfiction books about Ireland.

Alex Gibney is a documentary film director and producer.