Educational qualifications
BA (Hons) in History and Political Science
ALCM (Speech and Drama)
Experience
I have worked in the publishing industry since 2001, both in-house and freelance. I worked in-house at The O’Brien Press Ltd from 2001-2006, latterly as production manager. Since 2006 I have worked as a freelance writer, proofreader and copy-editor. As a proofreader I have worked on a wide variety of books for many different clients.
Services offered
Proofreading, copy-editing, writing
Media
Books
Subject areas
All subjects, especially fiction, children’s books, history, politics, sport, biography, memoir and educational books.
Clients include
The O’Brien Press Ltd, Gill Books, Banshee Press, Folens Publishers, Kazoo Independent Publishing Services, Forum Publications, independent authors.
Examples of work undertaken
They Say it Might Rain (Gill Books 2025), Horse Show Surprise (Gill Books 2025), Joe the Great (Gill Books 2025), Féile! A Twin Power Adventure (The O’Brien Press Ltd 2025), Filly (Banshee Press 2025), Irish Fairy Forts (The O’Brien Press Ltd 2025), Tenterhooks (Banshee Press 2025), Braids Take a Day (The O’Brien Press Ltd 2024), Whatever It Takes (Gill Books 2024), Bend, Don’t Break (The O’Brien Press Ltd 2024), Let’s Dance (Banshee Press 2024), Unbeatable (The O’Brien Press Ltd 2024), Something’s About to Blow Up (Gill Books 2024), Fixing Mum and Dad (Gill Books 2024), Lighthouses of Ireland (Gill Books 2023), Never Know Your Place (The O’Brien Press Ltd 2023), Chasing Sam Maguire (The O’Brien Press Ltd 2023), Wonders of the Wild (The O’Brien Press Ltd 2023), The Friendship Fairies Save Christmas (Gill Books 2023), Go On The Girls In Green (Gill Books 2023), Josh the Flyer (Gill Books 2023), Be Inspired (The O’Brien Press Ltd 2022), A Season at Sanditon (Wooster Publishing 2022), Odlums Cookbook (Odlums 2022), Peace Apart: Lasting Impressions of C.S. Lewis (Veritas 2022), The Players’ Advice (The O’Brien Press Ltd 2021), Harp Maiden: Web of Secrets (Lindon Books 2021), Chasing Ghosts (The O’Brien Press Ltd 2020), Family Fun Unplugged (Penguin Ireland 2019), The Watsons (Wooster Publishing 2019), The Torchbearers (Minard Press 2018), This is Poetry (Forum 2017), The Longbourn Letters (Wooster Publishing 2017), The Secrets of Grindlewood: Othelia’s Orb (Lindon Books 2017), Kings of the Boyne (The O’Brien Press 2016), A Darkness at the End (The O’Brien Press 2016), Detective (The O’Brien Press 2015), On Butterfly Wings (Comeragh Publishing 2015), King Lear (Forum 2014), Behind the Walls (The O’Brien Press 2014), Hamlet (Forum 2014), Unlocking History Fourth Class (Folens 2013).
Additional information
I am the author of many books for children and two for adults. My latest books are the Sycamore Hill series published by The O’Brien Press Ltd. I have written stories and articles for Folens Christmas annuals every year since 2011. I have also written articles for national newspapers including The Irish Times, The Herald and The Irish Examiner and book reviews for many different publications.