Meet the Authors

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Writing.ie Irish Author Database:

Special Guests

Spreading the Word - Brenda Flanagan
Lynda La Plante 
Paul Harding 
CJ Box  
Liza Marklund  
Mark Edwards on Killing Cupid 
Grace Dent on Twitter and Being Queen of the Universe 
Ian Martin - Coalition Chronicles   
Fallen, Torment, Passion and Rapture; Lauren Kate and YA Fiction  
Lee Child on Writing, Reacher and The Affair  
Melissa Moore - Shattered Silence  
Robert McKee Part One - Subtext vs. Description  
Robert McKee Part Two - Character

Literary Fiction

Finding the Right Words with Julia Kelly
Noelle Harrison's Inspiration
Catching Up with Claire Kilroy
Careless By Nature - Christine Dwyer Hickey

Women's Fiction

Twintterview with Colette Caddle
Kate Kerrigan on Writing
Piecing it all Together with Sinead Moriarty
Making History with Ciara Geraghty
Pauline Lawless on Sitting Down to Write
Shirley Benton on Finding Your Dream Job
At Home with Monica McInerney
Woman to Woman: Maria Duffy Meets Cathy Kelly
Writing a Bestseller: The TV3/Poolbeg Winner – Siobhan McKenna
The Will to Succeed - Emma Hannigan
Going Places with Michelle Jackson
Will the Real Grace Wynne Jones Please Step ForwardAlways on her Mind - Colette Caddle 
Me and My Sisters - Sinead Moriarty 
Roisin Meaney on Writing a Bestseller  
Maria Duffy - Any Dream Will Do 

Crime Fiction & True Crime

12 Hours with True Crime Writer Abigail Rieley
A Burning Ambition - Jane Casey
Melissa Hill has Crime in Mind; Who is Casey Hill?
Risky Business - Niamh O'Connor
Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Fowl - Eoin Colfer 
Stuart Neville - Serial Thriller  
Declan Burke - Absolute Zero Cool  
Will Carver's Perspective  
Colin Bateman, Criminally Funny 
Arlen Hunt's The Chosen 

Historical Fiction 

Tales of Emigration; Great Writing, Great Places 
Patricia O'Reilly - Delving into the Past 

Speculative Fiction

Building Fantasy Worlds with R.F. Long

Children's Fiction’s and Young Adult 

Benji Benntett: Little Stars, Pirates and Hidden Treasure
Fairy Tales Do Come True: Bob Burke's Story
Who is Amy Green? Sarah Webb on Teens, Trouble and Terrific Stories!
A Day in the Life: Claire Hennessy
Cathy Cassidy: The Queen of Teen 
The Almost Fearless Darren Shan 
The Butterfly Effect: Denise Deegan  
Conor Kostick's Epic Journey  
Jonathan Stroud - The Bartimaeus Sequence 
Leigh Fallon - The Carrier of the Mark 
Jean Flitcroft and the Cryptids 

Scriptwriters: Stage and Screen

Everyday is a Blank Page: Will Govan Meets Shane Connaughton
Going Places with Miriam Gallagher
Perseverance and Self-Belief with Ferdia Mac Anna
Terry McMahon
Unspoken: Writting Satire with Gerry Stembridge  
Damian Kearney and his Flamboyant Bird  
Chris Aylmer's Situation 

Inspiration and Experimentation with Ivy Bannister
The Best of the Spoken Word - Stephen James Smith
Beautiful Words: ·Nuala Ní Chonchir
Flying High: Kate Dempsey Meets Pat Boran 
John Hartley Williams 

Non-Fiction

From Headlines to Frontlines: Sandra Mara
First Past the Post: In Conversation with Brian O'Connor
The Governor: The Life and Times of John Lonergan 
Conor Fennell and his Joycean Journey   
From Shankill to the Silver Screen with Tony MacAuley 
The Trib: Highlights From the Sunday Tribune  
Anne Holland - Passion and Professionalism  
Fearghal McGarry - Rebels: Voices from the Easter Rising  
Catherine Barry - Charlie and Me  
Patrick McGinley - That Unearthly Valley  
Matt Cooper - How Ireland Really Went Bust 
Shine On 
Padraig O'Ruairc - Revolution 
Damian Corless's Sweet Tooth 
Colin Murphy and Donal O'Dea - Stuff Irish People Love 
Our Literary Heritage

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