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Sinéad
Moriarty

Years: 2022

Sinead Moriarty was born and raised in Dublin. After living in Paris and London for many years, she has returned to Dublin. She is the bestselling author of 15 novels published by Penguin Random House. Her books have been translated into 25 languages.

Her first children’s book has been published by Gill publishing.

Sinead has been a columnist with the Irish Independent for 7 years. She is also the books ambassador for Eason’s Must Reads book club. Sinead sat on the board of the Arts Council. She is a passionate advocate for fellow writers and the books industry in Ireland.

Victoria White is a native Dubliner and a graduate, with an M. Litt in English Literature, of Trinity College, Dublin.  Following a period teaching English at the University of Pavia, Italy and elsewhere, she has worked in Dublin as a writer and journalist, working first as a theatre critic and guest editor of Theatre Ireland magazine and as a features writer and subsequently as Arts Editor of The Irish Times. She has published short stories, a polemic on motherhood in Ireland (Mother Ireland, 2010) and worked most recently as an opinion columnist for the Irish Examiner and The Herald which garnered her a nomination as Popular Columnist of the Year.

Sinead Moriarty was born and raised in Dublin. After living in Paris and London for many years, she has returned to Dublin. She is the bestselling author of 15 novels published by Penguin Random House. Her books have been translated into 25 languages.

Her first children’s book has been published by Gill publishing.

Sinead has been a columnist with the Irish Independent for 7 years. She is also the books ambassador for Eason’s Must Reads book club. Sinead sat on the board of the Arts Council. She is a passionate advocate for fellow writers and the books industry in Ireland.

Victoria White is a native Dubliner and a graduate, with an M. Litt in English Literature, of Trinity College, Dublin.  Following a period teaching English at the University of Pavia, Italy and elsewhere, she has worked in Dublin as a writer and journalist, working first as a theatre critic and guest editor of Theatre Ireland magazine and as a features writer and subsequently as Arts Editor of The Irish Times. She has published short stories, a polemic on motherhood in Ireland (Mother Ireland, 2010) and worked most recently as an opinion columnist for the Irish Examiner and The Herald which garnered her a nomination as Popular Columnist of the Year.

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