Genres: Fantasy
Leeanne O'Donnell was born in Dublin and now lives in an old farmhouse on the foothills of a mountain in the south west of Ireland.
Published by Eriu/Bonnier UK, her first novel Sparks of Bright Matter was inspired by the magic of the mountain where she lives and the whispers of the ancient stories buried in the surrounding landscape.
She started her storytelling career working in radio with RTE and BBC, and has made a number of award winning documentaries for RTE's Doc on One series. Notably The Ladies of Llangollen about two Irish aristocrats who ran away together in the 18th century and Diving and Falling about dancer and artist Lucia Joyce.
She presents and produces Into the Mythic, a podcast exploring the myths and legends of Ireland's past.
Authors added since the last update: Andrew Brehony, Ann Marie O'Sullivan, Dara Kiernan, Dixon Reuel, Christopher Galvin, Ciara O'Connor, Damien Kelly and the late John Farrelly, the Northern Irish comic artist and illustrator behind the Deadly Irish History books, who died last October.
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