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I have written 17 books for children, from picture books to a YA verse novel, in English and in Irish. 

 

Winner of the KPMG/CBI Children’s Book of the Year, 5 LAI Children’s Book Awards and 2 international White Ravens among many others, my books appear in 10 languages worldwide.

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Most recently, I have written and presented a TV adaptation of my ‘Rita’ series of picture books with illustrator Mr. Ando for TG4.

 

I am writer and co-creator of animated series  ‘Lí Ban’ with Paper Owl Films (TG4/S4C). This award-winning show has the honour of being the first-ever anime in the Irish language. 

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In 2017-19 I was the first Children’s Writing Fellow for Northern Ireland, based at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry at QUB.

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Tógadh le Gaeilge i gCo. an Dúin mé agus is gael go smior mé.