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Here you find listings of our Children and YA writers.

Zainab Boladale is a journalist, television presenter and public speaker. She was born in Nigeria and raised in Ireland. In...

Susan Cahill grew up by the sea in West Cork and now lives in the UK. Obsessed with stories from...

Paul Delaney is a graphic designer, printmaker and founder of an award-winning design studio. He has always had a passion...

Peter Donnelly is an award-winning author/illustrator based in Co Wicklow. His debut picture book, The President’s Glasses was a No....

Leona Forde is a children's author and teacher from Bandon, County Cork. Karen Harte is an illustrator, comic creator and...

Patricia Forde lives in Galway and is Ireland’s current Laureate na nÓg and the author of many books for children,...

Sarah Maria Griffin is a writer, living in Dublin. She is the author of the novels Spare & Found Parts...

Kel Menton (they/them) is a non-binary, neurodivergent writer from Cork in Ireland. Kel works in youth theatre as a facilitator...

Kevin Moran is a children’s author and primary-school teacher from Castlebar, County Mayo. He was runner-up in the Staróg Prize...

West Cork-based E.R. Murray writes novels, short stories and poetry for children and young adults. Her novels include the award-winning...