Meet the Writers

Here you find listings of our Children and YA writers.

Alex Barclay is the award-winning author of several bestselling thrillers. She studied journalism in college and went on to work...

Gráinne Clear is a Senior Commissioning Editor at Walker Books. Before this she was Publishing Manager and Art Director at...

Shane Hegarty is the author of The Shop of Impossible Ice-Creams which will be published by Hachette Children’s in June...

Dave Lordan is widely acknowledged as one of Ireland's leading contemporary poets, essayists and literary thinkers. He is a renowned...

Aoife Murray holds an MPhil in Popular Literature from Trinity College Dublin. She has worked at Children’s Books Ireland since 2011...

Elizabeth Rose Murray writes novels for children and young adults and short fiction. Her books include The Book of Learning – Nine...

Áine Ní Ghlinn is the sixth Laureate na nÓg (Ireland’s Children’s Literature Laureate). She is the first author writing exclusively...

Caroline O’Donoghue is an novelist and podcaster who is originally from Cork. She has published two adult novels, Promising Young...

Deirdre Sullivan is a writer and teacher from Galway. She has written seven acclaimed books for young adults, including Savage...

Mary Watson grew up in Cape Town during the apartheid years and did her Masters in Creative Writing with André...

Sarah Webb is an award-winning children’s writer and creative writing teacher. She runs creative writing clubs for children and reviews...

Sasha de Buyl is the Director of Cúirt International Festival of Literature in Galway. She has worked for over ten years...