Caroline O’Donoghue
Graduating from UCC, Caroline emigrated to London, working on film sets, in recruitment agencies, and doing bar work whilst pitching as a freelance writer. Now a contributing editor for The-Pool.com, she writes for a variety of […]
Moire O’Sullivan
Moire’s first interest lay in science. And though she was athletic as a child, she dropped netball at 18 to concentrate on the Viola. “I played in the Ulster Youth Orchestra,” she says. After university, Moire […]
Rebecca O’Connor
Brought up in County Cavan, Rebecca initially wanted to study medicine, but she decided on English, and worked in various jobs in London whilst taking her MA. “Afterwards, I got a job as a general assistant […]
Paul Howarth
Paul wasn’t a bookish child, “But I was imaginative,” he says. “There was narrative in the games I played; there were always stories.” After college, Paul practised law, as a solicitor, for six years. “Then I […]
Lorna Sixsmith
Brought up on a farm, Lorna loved reading. She wrote her own version of the Famous Five. After a year studying dental nursing, she took various jobs in Dublin and London, then she returned to college. […]
Sue Rainsford
Sue has always written prose. “I’ve always read widely too. Every Sunday we went to Waterstones and Hodges Figgis. I read literary fiction with a dash of supernatural YA. I loved Edgar Allen Poe at 10, […]
Jade Sharma
As a child Jade wanted to be a comedian. She used humour to get her mum to laugh when she was in a bad mood. She spent her teenage years in Japan. “It was the perfect […]
Alison Healy
As a child Alison wanted to be Enid Blighton. “I practised her signature. It’s always been at the back of my mind to write a children’s book.” Alison grew up on a small farm in County […]
Kevin Doyle
Following a degree, and a Masters in Science, Kevin worked in the chemical industry for five years, before moving to the United States. “I was considering taking another degree, but I wasn’t sure it was what […]
Cormac O’Keefe
Cormac started his career in journalism when he was at university, editing first, ‘Probe,’ then the UCD Student Union News. “I then worked for Big Issue for a year, before returning to university to take a […]
AJ Pearce
When AJ was a teenager, she wanted to be a poet. “I wrote very bad poems. I loved writing stories, too, and going to the library. I was a very bookish child.” AJ Worked in marketing. […]
Paula Byrne
From a large, Catholic family, Paula started her working life as a schoolteacher. “I taught A Level English in an all boys grammar school, and then at a college of education.” Turning to academia, she gained […]