Darran Anderson is an Irish writer of creative nonfiction, known for his books on cities, architecture, music and memory. He is the author of Imaginary Cities (2015) and the memoir Inventory (2020). Imaginary Cities was named a book of the year by the Financial Times and The Guardian. He was a co-editor of the literary webzine 3:AM Magazine, and earlier of Dogmatika. He also published a number of poetry collections.

Imaginary cities
2015
ISBN 9780992765590
Tidewrack
2020
ISBN 9781784741501
Being Various: New Irish Short Stories
2019
ISBN 9780571354108
Brick: A Literary Journal, Summer 2025
2025
ISBN 9781928166221
Inventory
2020
ISBN 9781250798701