Meet the Writers

Here you find listings of our Children and YA writers.

Pragya Agarwal

Pragya Agarwal

Interviewer

Pragya Agarwal is an academic and writer, and founder of a research think-tank investigating global inequalities. She is currently a...

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Oein DeBhairduin

Oein DeBhairduin

Children, Irish Language, Irish Writing

Oein DeBhairduin is a creative soul with a passion for poetry, folk herbalism and preserving Traveller stories, sayings, retellings and...

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Kristen Gehrman

Kristen Gehrman

Fiction, Online, Translation, Young Adults

Kristen Gehrman is a literary translator from Dutch to English. Recent translations include Ironhead by Jean-Claude van Rijckghem (Levine Querido), The History of...

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Yorick Goldewijk

Yorick Goldewijk

Children, Fiction, Translation

Yorick Goldewijk is a Dutch author and illustrator, as well as a musician who writes music for films, television and...

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Aga Grandowicz

Aga Grandowicz

Children, Illustrator, Irish Writing, Nature, Publisher

Aga Grandowicz is a highly prolific, proactive, entrepreneurial, and multi-award-winning art director, graphic designer, illustrator and artist. She studied graphic...

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Meg Grehan

Meg Grehan

Children, Irish Writing, LGBTQI+

Meg Grehan is a young writer living in Donegal in the northwest of Ireland. The Lonely Book was published in...

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Shane Hegarty

Shane Hegarty

Children, Irish Writing

Irish author Shane Hegarty has been shortlisted for an abundance of awards. His younger, middle grade title Boot was shortlisted...

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Kel Menton

Kel Menton

Cork, Interviewer, Irish Writing, LGBTQI+, Young Adults

Kel Menton (they/them) is a non-binary writer from Cork, Ireland. They did both their degree in English literature and MA...

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E.R. Murray

E.R. Murray

Children, Fiction, Irish Writing, West Cork

E.R. Murray writes novels, short stories and poetry for children and young adults. Her novels include Caramel Hearts and the...

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Natalie Ní Chasaide

Natalie Ní Chasaide

Children, Irish Language, Irish Writing, Music

Natalie Ní Chasaide is a Primary School Teacher and multi-instrumentalist from Dublin and a member of traditional Irish bands The...

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Tristan Rosenstock

Tristan Rosenstock

Children, Irish Language, Irish Writing

Tristan Rosenstock is an author, editor, broadcaster and bodhrán player. He presents RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta’s arts series An Cúinne...

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Mike Ryan

Mike Ryan

Cork, Interviewer

Mike Ryan is the Artistic Director of Briery Gap Cultural Centre in Macroom; a brand new, state of the art...

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Jen Wallace

Jen Wallace

Children, Cork, Debut, Fiction

Jen Wallace is an author and mother from Cork who loves stories. She works in both verse and prose and...

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Sarah Webb

Sarah Webb

Children, Irish Writing, Professional Development

Sarah Webb is an award-winning Irish children’s writer and creative writing teacher. She is also the Events Manager at Halfway...

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Mark Wickham

Mark Wickham

Children, Illustrator, Irish Language, West Cork

Mark Wickham is a designer and illustrator living in West Cork. He has worked in the publishing industry for over...

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Sasha de Buyl

Sasha de Buyl

Interviewer, Irish Writing

Sasha de Buyl is a writer and programmer from Cork. They are currently Literature and Ideas Programmer at International Literature...

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Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem

Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem

Fiction, Translation, Young Adults

Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem is a Belgian writer and producer. He has a master’s degree in languages. He has written or...

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