Portrait - Sarah Crossan

Sarah
Crossan

Sarah Crossan has a masters in creative writing, and has been working to promote creative writing in schools. Her novels, The Weight of Water and Apple and Rain were both shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. In 2016, Sarah won the CILIP Carnegie Medal as well as the YA Book Prize among others for her novel, One. Here is the Beehive was shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book award 2020.

Sarah Crossan has a masters in creative writing, and has been working to promote creative writing in schools. Her novels, The Weight of Water and Apple and Rain were both shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. In 2016, Sarah won the CILIP Carnegie Medal as well as the YA Book Prize among others for her novel, One. Here is the Beehive was shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book award 2020.

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