Leona Forde

Leona Forde is a children’s author and teacher from Bandon, County Cork. Karen Harte is an illustrator, comic creator and visual designer from Dublin. Their series has received widespread praise including from The Irish Examiner who called it ‘a must for Wimpy Kid fans’. Milly McCarthy is a Complete Catastrophe was a top five Irish children’s fiction bestseller and Milly McCarthy and the Irish Dancing Disaster was shortlisted for an Irish Children’s Book Award. Milly McCarthy and the Sports Day Shambles was a top three children’s bestseller overall and was shortlisted for the Irish Children’s Book Awards. Milly McCarthy and the Christmas Calamity was a top two children’s bestseller. The fifth book in the series Milly McCarthy’s Wild Atlantic Antics is published by Gill Books in May 2025