Authors
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Dermot BolgerBorn in 1959 in Finglas, North Dublin, a mile from Ballymun, Dermot Bolger’s nine novels include The Woman’s Daughter, The Journey Home, Father’s Music, The Valparaiso Voyage and most recently The Family on Paradise Pier. His debut play, The Lament for Arthur Cleary received The Samuel... |
John BoyneA native of Dublin, John Boyne is the author of seven novels, including the bestselling The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006), Mutiny on the Bounty (2008) and, most recently,The House of Special Purpose (2009). In 2008, New Island published his novella, The Second Child, as part of its Open Door... |
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Maeve BrennanBorn in Dublin in 1917, the daughter of the Irish minister to the US, Maeve Brennan moved to Washington D.C. in 1934. She settled in Manhattan and joined the staff of the New Yorker in 1949, where she contributed numerous articles and reviews until her retirement in 1973. Her ‘Talk of the Town’... |
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Sara BurkeSara Burke is a journalist, and has been a health policy analyst for over a decade. She is currently doing a PhD in health policy in Trinity College Dublin, and has a weekly radio slot on RTÉ's Drivetime programme. From 2004-2006 she was managing editor of Village Magazine. In 2009, she published... |
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Frances CahillFrances Cahill lives with her husband and four children in County Wicklow. She is currently studying for a law degree. Martin Cahill, My Father (New Island, 2007) is her first book. |
Katherine CahillKatherine Cahill was Senior Researcher on RTÉ’s The Late Late Show, having worked previously on such flagship RTÉ programmes as Kenny Live. She is a keen antiquarian. Mrs. Delany's Menus, Manners and Medicine was published to great acclaim by New Island in October 2005. |