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Irish Children's Writers: Michael Scott, Edmund Lenihan, Eoin Colfer, Patricia Lynch, Oisín Mcgann, Don Conroy, Sarah Rees Brennan
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-05.
ISBN 9781155625249
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Michael Scott, Edmund Lenihan, Eoin Colfer, Patricia Lynch, Oisín Mcgann, Don Conroy, Sarah Rees Brennan, Jon Berkeley, Kate Thompson, Conor Kostick, Gerard Whelan, A.j. Healy, Marita Conlon-Mckenna, Claire Hennessy, Siobhán Parkinson, Adrienne Kennaway. Excerpt: Alan James Healy Alan James Healy is an Irish author of children's books, who commonly goes by the pen name A. J. Healy. He has written two books, Tommy Storm , and its sequel, Tommy Storm and the Galactic Knights . After a rocky childhood, and many jobs around the world, he settled back in Dublin , where he was born, to start writing books. In 2002, he finished Tommy Storm , but publishers didn't want to publish it because he was an unknown author. Four years later, he self-published the book, making 5, 000 copies. A few months later, when approximately 3, 000 books were sold, Quercus bought the rights to publish it properly. He is now married with a young child in Dublin, Ireland . Tommy Storm books Young life References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Adrienne Kennaway (born 1945, New Zealand ) is a children's illustrator and writer. As a child she grew up in Kenya , a background that informed her early work. Kennaway's successful career began with illustrating animal folk-tales by Mwenye Hadithi, portraying various African wildlife with vivid watercolour pictures - these included Crafty Chameleon, winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal (1987). Kennaway's later work has covered animal tales and natural history from across the world, as both illustrator and writer. She now resides in County Kerry , Ireland. References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Claire Hennessy is the Irish author of several young adult novels . She was bo
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