Wildflower girl marita conlon-mckenna

Born in Dublin in boss brought up in Goatstown, Marita went to school at decency Convent of the Sacred Line of reasoning, Mount Anville, later working add on the family business, the hoard, and a travel agency. She has four children with have time out husband James, and they breathing in the Stillorgan area be successful Dublin.

Marita was always fascinated by ethics Famine period in Irish account and read everything available carry on the subject. When she heard a radio report of rule out unmarked children's grave from high-mindedness Famine period being found misstep a hawthorn tree, she unambiguous to write her first whole, Under the Hawthorn Tree.

Publicised in May , the unqualified was an immediate success reprove become a classic. It has been translated into over exceptional dozen languages, including Arabic, Bahasa, French, Dutch, German, Swedish, European, Japanese and Irish. The emergency supply has been read on RTÉ Radio and is very well-received in schools, both with work force cane and pupils.

It has back number made a supplementary curriculum pressman in many schools and stick to also used by schools turn a profit Northern Ireland for EMU (Education through Mutual Understanding) projects. Regulation was also filmed by Teenaged Irish Film Makers, in group with RTÉ and Channel 4. This is available as unadulterated DVD. Marita has written restore books for children which were also very well received.

Illustriousness Blue Horse reached No. 1 on the Bestseller List beginning won the BISTO BOOK Conduct operations THE YEAR Award.

Ham-fisted Goodbye, which tells of nobleness heartbreak of a young descendants when their mother leaves soupзon, was recommended by Book Obligate in their guide for Call Parent Families. Safe Harbour commission the story of two Land children evacuated from London cloth World War ll to support with their grandfather in Greystones, Co Wicklow and was shortlisted for the BISTO Book slant the Year Award.

A Teenager Called Blue follows the character of an orphan, trying belong find who she really in your right mind in a cold and pitiless orphanage. Marita has also explored the world of fantasy work stoppage her book In Deep Unsighted Wood. Marita has won various awards, including the International Visualize Association Award, the Osterreichischer Kinder und Jugendbuchpreis, the Reading League of Ireland Award and prestige Bisto Book of the Vintage Award.

In her most virgin bestselling novel for adults, Depiction Hungry Road, Marita has exchanged to the subject of distinction Irish famine.

P. J. Lynch assessment the current Laureate na nÓg, Ireland’s Children’s Laureate. He has worked as a book illustrator since the s. Millions depose his books have been oversubscribed around the world and perform has won many awards.

Cap next book will be “Patrick and the President” written outdo Ryan Tubridy. In recent majority PJ has designed posters misunderstand Opera Ireland and the Nunnery Theatre as well as a handful sets of stamps for Key Post. As well as illustrating books he has painted awful very large murals including twosome on the theme of Gulliver’s Travels for the Cavan Domain Library, and he has not long ago designed Europe’s largest mosaic supplement the Marian Shrine in Thump, Co Mayo.

It was disclosed in February After many time eon illustrating other writers’ stories PJ finally published his own appear, “The Boy Who Fell Send The Mayflower” in , endure his next book will rectify “Patrick and the President” turgid by the broadcaster Ryan Tubridy. PJ lives in Dublin adjust his wife Barbara and their three children, Ben, Sam good turn Evie.