10-31-2008, 05:23 AM
Hi,
Just wanted to introduce myself. I was born in Waterford, raised in Wexford and have lived most of my life in Dublin, except for two stints in England -- two years in London 1993- 1995; and another two in Cheshire, near Manchester, 1997-1999.
I write big novels that interweave past and present, real life and fiction, locations in Ireland and abroad and characters “that could never be described as ordinary” (IRISH TIMES). My books takes women's lives seriously, treating themes like the struggle between the female desire for freedom and belonging, within plots that are full of emotional twists and surprises.
The bestselling Lovers' Hollow (“A Haunting Tale… a gripping story…brilliant.”: EVENING HERALD) rotates around a mysterious murder during the Irish Civil War and its consequences across four generations of women and the men they loved.
Mylatest novel, A Dance in Time, (“Wild, gamey…Maeve Binchy meets John McGahern”: IRISH INDEPENDENT) breaths life into famous literary characters, including WB Yeats, Maud Gonne and her daughter Iseult, Ezra Pound and Frances Stuart. It ranges from New Mexico and California to London, and first world war France to deepest Wicklow, where the protagonist stands accused of murdering the father she always detested. Rather than fight for her freedom, she disappears into her strange connection with Iseult Gonne, drawing patterns and echoes between their two lives, all of which leads to unimagined consequences for herself and the two people she most loves.
I have been married for twenty-two years and have two children, aged 21 and 19. I had a million day jobs in the past, including teacher, university lecturer, aerobics instructor and freelance journalist. Until recently I worked at Font Literary Agency (which I founded) but when I was diagnosed with breast cancer last May, I decided that from now on, I would write full time.
I am working on a series of three linked books at the moment, while also beginning to blog, which I love.
That's me...!
Look forward to meeting you.
Just wanted to introduce myself. I was born in Waterford, raised in Wexford and have lived most of my life in Dublin, except for two stints in England -- two years in London 1993- 1995; and another two in Cheshire, near Manchester, 1997-1999.
I write big novels that interweave past and present, real life and fiction, locations in Ireland and abroad and characters “that could never be described as ordinary” (IRISH TIMES). My books takes women's lives seriously, treating themes like the struggle between the female desire for freedom and belonging, within plots that are full of emotional twists and surprises.
The bestselling Lovers' Hollow (“A Haunting Tale… a gripping story…brilliant.”: EVENING HERALD) rotates around a mysterious murder during the Irish Civil War and its consequences across four generations of women and the men they loved.
Mylatest novel, A Dance in Time, (“Wild, gamey…Maeve Binchy meets John McGahern”: IRISH INDEPENDENT) breaths life into famous literary characters, including WB Yeats, Maud Gonne and her daughter Iseult, Ezra Pound and Frances Stuart. It ranges from New Mexico and California to London, and first world war France to deepest Wicklow, where the protagonist stands accused of murdering the father she always detested. Rather than fight for her freedom, she disappears into her strange connection with Iseult Gonne, drawing patterns and echoes between their two lives, all of which leads to unimagined consequences for herself and the two people she most loves.
I have been married for twenty-two years and have two children, aged 21 and 19. I had a million day jobs in the past, including teacher, university lecturer, aerobics instructor and freelance journalist. Until recently I worked at Font Literary Agency (which I founded) but when I was diagnosed with breast cancer last May, I decided that from now on, I would write full time.
I am working on a series of three linked books at the moment, while also beginning to blog, which I love.
That's me...!
Look forward to meeting you.