Deirdre Sullivan
BornGalway, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Website
deirdresullivanbooks.com

Deirdre Sullivan is an Irish children's writer and poet.

Early life and education

Sullivan was born in Galway. Sullivan went to college and became a teacher working with autistic children. She now lives in Ranelagh in Dublin. Sullivan took a course with Siobhán Parkinson who taught creative writing at Colaiste Mhuire, Marino, Dublin. Her lecturer commissioned her to write her first book. Several of her books have been shortlisted for awards and Tangleweed and Brine won the 28th CBI Book of the Year Awards, written with illustrator Karen Vaughan. Sullivan's first play Wake debuted in Galway in February 2019.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

In 2021, her story, "Little Lives" won 'Short Story of the Year' at the Irish Book Awards.[8]

Bibliography

References and sources

  1. ^ "Deirdre Sullivan Interview". Sarah Webb. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Writer's Block with Deirdre Sullivan". The Gloss Magazine. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  3. ^ Barry, Aoife. ""I wrote from anger": This hard-hitting Irish book is about tattoos and tragedy". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Deirdre Sullivan". Poetry Ireland. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  5. ^ Examiner, Irish (3 May 2018). "A question of taste: Children's author Deirdre Sullivan". irishexaminer.com. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  6. ^ Sutton, Jeanne (2 March 2016). "Novelist Deirdre Sullivan On Writing Trauma And The Buzz Around YA Novels". IMAGE.ie. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Deirdre Sullivan and Karen Vaughan win Children's Books Ireland Book of the Year Award". The Irish Times. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  8. ^ "The best of the best! Irish Book Awards 2021 winners revealed". IrishCentral.com. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
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