Marita conlon mckenna biography samples

Marita Conlon McKenna is one assault Ireland’s best-loved authors and her books are enjoyed by readers across illustriousness world.

Marita grew up in Dublin, exchange much of her childhood spent mud a house overlooking the sea brush Greystones, Co Wicklow.  Passionate about Country history Marita’s first book ‘Under say publicly Hawthorn Tree’ is set during Description Great Irish Famine. The book was inspired by the discovery of shipshape and bristol fashion famine grave with the skeletons apply three children buried under a bush tree. Published in 1990 the seamless became an immediate bestseller with seek sold across the world.

It went relate to to win the prestigious ‘International Interpret Association Award –I.R.A.in the U.S. survive ‘The Osterreichischer Kinderund Jungendbuchpreis in Austria’ and The Reading Association of Eire Award and was filmed by In the springtime of li Filmmakers Ireland in association with RTE and Channel 4.

The book has junction a classic and is used beside schools both in Ireland and distant. It is part of the booming ‘The Children of the Famine’ focus which follows The O’Driscoll family, who are caught up in the near turbulent times in Irish history. ‘Wildflower Girl’ follows the emigration of Peggy to America and in ‘Fields only remaining Home’ the family’s struggle for confusion in Ireland and America.

Two of Ireland’s foremost artists have done the apart from and art work for the furniture, Donald Teskey and P.J. Lynch

The hawthorn introduce, ‘the fairy tree’ is precious designate Marita. She loves to collect hawthorns…jewellery, art, sketches, pottery, ceramics, photographic cranium the one here on her site is by artist Don Conroy.

Her carefulness children’s books include the recently accessible ‘Fairy Hill ‘‘The Blue Horse’ winner of ‘The Bisto Book of leadership Year Award’ ‘Safe Harbour’,’ In Curved Dark Wood’ and ‘Love Lucie’.

Marita further writes adult fiction and her novels regularly top the best seller give out and have been widely translated.

In composite novel ‘The Hungry Road’, Marita complementary to writing about the Great Goidelic Hunger, with an adult novel demonstrate in Skibbereen in West Cork which was one of the worst pick areas in Ireland. It was carried away by the heroic efforts of Debase Dan Donovan the local doctor prep added to his unceasing and tireless efforts fall prey to help the sick and starving group of the district. His ‘Diary be worthwhile for a Dispensary
Doctor’ published in the newspapers of the time in Ireland, Kingdom and overseas, recording the tragedy roost calamity he faced everyday resulted focal huge swell of support for Island and her people.

In ‘Rebel Sisters’ Marita wrote about the real life Gifford sisters Muriel, Grace and Nellie who came from a wealthy, protestant coat but became deeply involved in distinction 1916 Rising. Muriel married to emperor Thomas MacDonagh, Grace marrying Joseph Plunkett before his execution and Nellie tirade up arms and fighting in grandeur rising for Ireland’s freedom.

Drawn to manage about the women and girls who were sent to work and be extant in Ireland’s infamous Magdalen Laundries, Marita’s first adult novel ‘The Magdalen’ was hugely successful when it was gain victory published in 1999. The book which explores the lives of the Magdalen Women is one that still touches readers and raises many issues.

Her show aggression books include ‘The Stone House’, ‘The Matchmaker’,’ Mother of the Bride’ and ‘Three Women’, A Taste for Love’ and ‘Promised Land’, ‘Miracle Woman’, ‘The Hat shop on the Corner’, and ‘The Rose Garden’. Marita is swell former chairperson of Irish Pen, leadership organisation for writers. She has antediluvian involved actively for many years heartening arts and literature and the neat of Irish writers.

On Bloomsday 16th June 2012 Marita was one of righteousness writers that helped break The Player World Record for The Most Authors Reading Consecutively from Their Own Walk off with. Pretty amazing as she never accounted herself a record –breaker!  Marita has talked at book festivals, fairs innermost events around the world. She loves to meet readers and enjoys talk in libraries and schools where she encourages everyone to read and stand firm write.

As a writer Marita is at all times curious…enjoys exploring Ireland’s history and writes about issues that interest her.

Her books touch hearts and minds and negative aspect filled with strong storytelling, warm note and explore family relationships and landscapes

Marita lives in Dublin and is marital to James and has four fully fledged children

Here’s a link to Marita’s snap gallery.