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Represented By: Sallyanne Sweeney
She is the founder of Rontu Literary Service, a service dedicated to supporting writers of fiction for children as they seek publication of their manuscripts, and one of the founders of Silver Apples Magazine, an online literary magazine entering its tenth year.
She completed an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Limerick in 2018 and received an Irish Arts Council Agility Award in 2021 and 2022. She was named a Bookshop Hero by The Bookseller Magazine in 2022.
She writes for children and adults and loves weaving traditional stories into the modern world. The O’Brien Press publishes her first book, A Limerick Fairytale.
Represented By: Sallyanne Sweeney
She is the founder of Rontu Literary Service, a service dedicated to supporting writers of fiction for children as they seek publication of their manuscripts, and one of the founders of Silver Apples Magazine, an online literary magazine entering its tenth year.
She completed an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Limerick in 2018 and received an Irish Arts Council Agility Award in 2021 and 2022. She was named a Bookshop Hero by The Bookseller Magazine in 2022.
She writes for children and adults and loves weaving traditional stories into the modern world. The O’Brien Press publishes her first book, A Limerick Fairytale.
Author: Gráinne O’Brien
Genres: Children’s
TEEN AND YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR (Irish Book Awards) & IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER
A novel in verse about teenage love and friendships, lost and found.
Daisy can feel like a solo act at home. On the outside of her twin brothers’ intense relationship, she leans towards her parents, particularly her father, for support. As a passionate classical musician, she is not wildly popular at school, but she has one close friend and a life filled with musical performance. Her life is turned upside down when her boyfriend suddenly breaks up with her, and Daisy is left disconnected from her one true love, music.
When she makes a new friend at school, mysterious Flora, Daisy finds a glimmer of peace in her chaotic life. Just as everything seems to be getting better, they all fall apart. Family tensions heighten as Daisy’s dad falls ill and Daisy needs to decide should she find her way back to who she was or look towards who she is going to become.