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'''Claire Hennessy''' is the [[Irish People|Irish]] author of several [[young adult literature|young adult]] [[novels]]. She was born in [[Dublin]] in 1986 and attended [[Trinity College Dublin]], where she completed a BA in History and English and master's degrees in Popular Literature and Creative Writing. She teaches [[creative writing]] [[workshop]]s and co-founded a creative writing school in Dublin.<ref name="author">[http://www.clairehennessy.com/author.html Claire Hennessy: Author]. Claire Hennessy. Retrieved on 10 August 2009.</ref> Her first book, ''Dear Diary...'', was written when she was twelve and published by [[Poolbeg Press|Poolbeg]] shortly before her fourteenth birthday and she has published several more novels with them since then.<ref name="author" /> She also writes short fiction for adults and has received bursaries from the Irish Arts Council to complete a collection.
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'''Claire Hennessy''' is the [[Irish People|Irish]] author of several [[young adult literature|young adult]] [[novels]]. She was born in [[Dublin]] in 1986 and attended [[Trinity College Dublin]], where she was elected a [[List of scholars of Trinity College Dublin|scholar]]<ref>[http://www.tcdlife.ie/scholars/scholar/about-list.php List of Scholars]</ref> and completed a BA in History and English Literature and master's degrees in Popular Literature and Creative Writing.

She teaches [[creative writing]] [[workshop]]s and co-founded a creative writing school in Dublin.<ref name="author">[http://www.clairehennessy.com/author.html Claire Hennessy: Author] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20050312234449/http://www.clairehennessy.com/author.html |date=2005-03-12 }}. Claire Hennessy. Retrieved on 10 August 2008.</ref> She also works as an editor and co-founded a literary journal in 2015.


==Books==
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* ''Every Summer'' (2009)
* ''Every Summer'' (2009)
* ''Seeds of Liberty'' (2014)
* ''Seeds of Liberty'' (2014)
* ''Nothing Tastes as Good'' (2016)
* ''Like Other Girls'' (2017)


==See also==
==References==
* [[Ó hAonghusa]]
{{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}}
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.clairehennessy.com Claire Hennessy]
*[http://www.clairehennessy.com Claire Hennessy]
*[http://www.poolbeg.com/product.asp?P_ID=139 Books at Poolbeg Press website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311144319/http://www.poolbeg.com/product.asp?P_ID=139 Books at Poolbeg Press website] (archived 2007)
*[http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/nothing-tastes-as-good-by-claire-hennessy-review-close-to-the-bone-1.2671971 Review in the Irish Times]

==References==
{{Reflist}}


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Latest revision as of 10:25, 21 March 2024

Claire Hennessy is the Irish author of several young adult novels. She was born in Dublin in 1986 and attended Trinity College Dublin, where she was elected a scholar[1] and completed a BA in History and English Literature and master's degrees in Popular Literature and Creative Writing.

She teaches creative writing workshops and co-founded a creative writing school in Dublin.[2] She also works as an editor and co-founded a literary journal in 2015.

Books

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  • Dear Diary... (2000)
  • Being Her Sister (2001)
  • Memories (2002)
  • Stereotype (2003)
  • Good Girls Don't (2004)
  • Afterwards (2005)
  • Girls on the Verge: the Claire Hennessy collection (2005)
  • That Girl (2007)
  • Big Picture (2008)
  • Every Summer (2009)
  • Seeds of Liberty (2014)
  • Nothing Tastes as Good (2016)
  • Like Other Girls (2017)

References

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  1. ^ List of Scholars
  2. ^ Claire Hennessy: Author Archived 2005-03-12 at archive.today. Claire Hennessy. Retrieved on 10 August 2008.
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