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The powerlessness of the child is often forgotten. And after it comes the terrifying phase of moving into adulthood.

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I've always felt a bit hard done by in England - you know, I've won the Bisto three times in Ireland, but it has felt like nobody has even heard of me in my home country.

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My mum wouldn't have had any time for fantasy stuff; she's more practical.

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I always had an awful lot going on in my head, always telling myself stories, very vivid imagination.

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I am political. But not politically active. I'm not my dad. I'll never write polemic, as he did.

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There's only one set of books I've written that I knew was going to be more than one book at the beginning, and those are the 'Missing Link' books.

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I came to writing because I joined the North Clare Writers' Workshop, which met every week at Ennistymon Library.

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What I tend to get from America is very enthusiastic letters and e-mail from librarians and schoolteachers, the gatekeepers, though I hesitate to use that word. I've never been a huge seller.

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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.

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Irish mythology is gorgeous, and so are the fairies, but they are very misrepresented in the U.K. They are not little creatures with wings.

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Author

Born: November 16th, 1959

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