Deirdre Sullivan

Deirdre Sullivan
Deirdre Sullivan
Born	Galway
Nationality	Irish
Website
	deirdresullivanbooks.com

Deirdre Sullivan is an Irish children's writer and poet.

Early life and education

Sullivan was born in Galway. Sullivan went to college and became a teacher working with autistic children. She now lives in Ranelagh in Dublin. Sullivan took a course with Siobhán Parkinson who taught creative writing at Colaiste Mhuire, Marino. Her lecturer commissioned her to write her first book. Several of her books have been shortlisted for awards and Tangleweed and Brine won the 28th CBI Book of the Year Awards, written with illustrator Karen Vaughan. Sullivan's first play Wake debuted in Galway in February 2019.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Bibliography

'Perfectly Preventable Deaths', Hot Key, 2019
Tangleweed and Brine, Little Island, 2017
Primperfect, Little Island, 2014
Improper Order, Little Island, 2013
Seeing Red, Watching My Hands at Work: A festschrift for Adrian Frazier, Salmon Poetry 2013
The Nightmare Club 3: The Hatching, Little Island 2012
The Nightmare Club 1: Help! My Brother is a Zombie!, Little Island, 2010
The Nightmare Club 2: Guinea Pig Killer, Little Island, 2010
Prim Improper, Little Island, 2010

References and sources

"Deirdre Sullivan Interview". Sarah Webb. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
"Writer's Block with Deirdre Sullivan". The Gloss Magazine. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
Barry, Aoife. ""I wrote from anger": This hard-hitting Irish book is about tattoos and tragedy". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
"Deirdre Sullivan". Poetry Ireland. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
Examiner, Irish (3 May 2018). "A question of taste: Children's author Deirdre Sullivan". irishexaminer.com. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
Sutton, Jeanne (2 March 2016). "Novelist Deirdre Sullivan On Writing Trauma And The Buzz Around YA Novels". IMAGE.ie. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
"Deirdre Sullivan and Karen Vaughan win Children's Books Ireland Book of the Year Award". The Irish Times. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

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[Sarah_Webb-1] "Deirdre Sullivan Interview". Sarah Webb. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

[The_Gloss_Magazine_2016-2] "Writer's Block with Deirdre Sullivan". The Gloss Magazine. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

[Barry-3] Barry, Aoife. ""I wrote from anger": This hard-hitting Irish book is about tattoos and tragedy". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

[Poetry_Ireland-4] "Deirdre Sullivan". Poetry Ireland. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

[Examiner_2018-5] Examiner, Irish (3 May 2018). "A question of taste: Children's author Deirdre Sullivan". irishexaminer.com. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

[Sutton_2016-6] Sutton, Jeanne (2 March 2016). "Novelist Deirdre Sullivan On Writing Trauma And The Buzz Around YA Novels". IMAGE.ie. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

[The_Irish_Times_2013-7] "Deirdre Sullivan and Karen Vaughan win Children's Books Ireland Book of the Year Award". The Irish Times. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2019.