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Stephan Pastis: “We all stand on the shoulders of others.”
Today we’re thrilled to be joined by the award-winning cartoonist and New York Times bestselling author Stephan Pastis. Stephan, who lives in California, is the creator of the syndicated comic strip Pearls Before Swine, which appears in over 800 newspapers. He is also the author of the Timmy Failure series of children’s books (extremely popular… Read more
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Sinéad Crowley: “I write in cars, at the side of GAA pitches, early in the morning and late at night.”
Today we’re delighted to feature bestselling novelist and renowned TV journalist Sinéad Crowley, who talks to us about getting her first book deal, fitting writing into a busy life, and the thrill of getting nominated for the Irish Book Awards… Read more
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Miriam Mulcahy: “I threw my phone in the air, hugged my kids very hard and texted all my family and friends with ‘I got a book deal!’”
Today we’re delighted to be joined by Irish Times contributor and author Miriam Mulcahy who explains how she landed a book deal with a big publisher before getting an agent Read more
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Catherine Ryan Howard: “There are no guarantees of success but if you stop, it’s 100% guaranteed not to happen.”
Today we’re delighted to be joined by internationally bestselling crime writer Catherine Ryan Howard, whose new novel The Trap has shot straight to No. 2 in the Irish charts. Read more
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Roisín Coyne (18): “If you can dream it, you can do it!”
Today we’re really excited to be joined by the youngest author we’ve ever featured on this site. Roisin Coyne is a true inspiration – at just 18, she has published her first novel, Mystery Behind the Bookshelf, and achieved her dream of making the bestseller shelf in her local bookshop. Read more
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‘A Sunny Place for Shady People’: Crime writer Liz Nugent on living in Monaco
The Irish crime-writing queen found a wealth of book material during an astonishing flurry of creativity on the French Riviera This article was published in The Irish Times on July 16th 2023 Caroline Madden It sounds like an unlikely twist in an airport blockbuster: a best-selling author travels to Monaco to work on a novel… Read more