Meet the Authors

Dr Aaron Edwards is an academic, author and global security expert whose work explores how leadership, influence and strategy shape modern conflict.

Aideen Howard is Director of The Ark Children’s Cultural Centre. She has worked in theatre and the arts as artistic director, producer, dramaturg and commissioner of new work.

Senior lecturer in history and education at South Bank University in London, England, Alan F. Parkinson is also the author of two books, Ulster Loyalism and the British Media, published in 1998, and Belfast's Unholy War: The Troubles of the 1920s, published in 2004.

Alan Nolan was awarded the 2024 Children's Books Ireland Annual Award for his outstanding contribution to children's books. Alan grew up in Windy Arbour, Dublin and now lives in Bray, Co. Wicklow with his wife and three children.

Alan Shipnuck is an American sportswriter, specializing in golf. He is a Writer at Large at Skratch Golf. Previously, he was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated and Golf Magazine.

Alen MacWeeney is an Irish photographer. MacWeeney is known for his photographs of itinerant Irish Travellers, made during a six-year period beginning in 1965. He is the author of the photo book Irish Travellers: Tinkers No More.

Amy Devereux is a bookseller in Wexford, where she lives surrounded by books with her partner and cats.

Ann Ingle has lived in Dublin since the 1960s and is a mother of eight. In 2018, she co-wrote Driven, the memoir of motorsport legend Rosemary Smith, which was shortlisted for an Irish Book Award.

Renowned Irish author and literary figure.

Annmarie O’Connor is a bestselling author, fashion editor, speaker, and advocate with over two decades of experience in media and cultural commentary.

Anthony Murphy is a journalist and the author of four books. He lives in Drogheda, County Louth and manages the website www.mythicalireland.com

Arthur O’Dea is a Senior Producer with Off The Ball. He earned his PhD from Dublin City University in 2019 and this is his second book. He comes from Sligo, lives in Dublin and inherited a love of hurling from his Limerick-born father.

Barrie Quinn is the founder of Portnoo Market Garden, a small, chemical-free farm on the west coast of Donegal. After discovering his passion for growing food while working in Australia, Barrie returned home with his wife Yuka to start the garden—now known for its seasonal produce and strong community roots.

Barry Cummins is a multi-award-winning Irish journalist, author and documentary-maker with three decades of experience in news and current affairs at RTÉ, Today FM and local radio. He is best known for his long-running work on missing persons and unsolved crimes in Ireland.

Bernard Casey is a comedian, actor and drama teacher from Portmagee village Co. Kerry. After his first live comedy gig at UCC RAG Week in 2011, Bernard has sold out shows at the INEC, Vicar Street & The Everyman Theatre Cork along with venues in the London, New York & Boston.

Breandán Mac Suibhne is a historian of modern Ireland. His publications include, with David Dickson, The Outer Edge of Ulster (2000), an annotated edition of the longest lower-class account of Ireland's Great Famine

An Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright who wrote in both English and Irish. An outspoken Irish republican, his work was filled with the vibrant, witty, and often tragic voice of Dublin's working class.

Bronagh Starrs is creator and programme director of the MSc Adolescent Psychotherapy programme at the Dublin Counselling & Therapy Centre in partnership with University of Northampton.

Carlo Gébler is an Irish writer, television director, and teacher. His publications include novels, short stories, plays, historical works and memoirs. He is a member of Aosdána.

Caroline Foran is a bestselling author, journalist and podcaster working in Dublin. She also runs her own digital publishing venture, GAFFInteriors.ie. She is the author of Owning It and The Confidence Kit, both Irish bestsellers.

Carsten Krieger is a photographer, author and environmentalist based on the west coast of Ireland. He has published numerous books on Ireland's landscape, nature and heritage including Ireland's Coast, The River Shanno n, the popular Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way and I reland's Wild Beauty: A Book of Days.

Cathal Billings is from Dublin and was awarded my BA (Modern Irish & German, 2006) and MA (Scríobh agus Cumarsáid na Gaeilge, 2007) from UCD.

Cecelia Ahern is an Irish novelist, known for her works like Where Rainbows End, If You Could See Me Now, and PS, I Love You.

Charlotte Elizabeth McManus (about 1850– 5 October 1944) was an Irish nationalist, historian and novelist. Her family name sometimes appears as MacManus in sources.[1][2][3] She was known as Lil and Lottie, and published as L. McManus