Siobhán Parkinson (born 1954) is an Irish writer. She writes for both children and adults and is the current Laureate na nÓg.
Parkinson grew up in Galway and Donegal, studied English Literature and German at Trinity College Dublin, and later completed her PhD on the poetry of Dylan Thomas.
She has published more than twenty books since 1992, winning numerous awards, and her books have been translated into multiple languages. She has written in bo...
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Siobhán Parkinson (born 1954) is an Irish writer. She writes for both children and adults and is the current Laureate na nÓg.
Parkinson grew up in Galway and Donegal, studied English Literature and German at Trinity College Dublin, and later completed her PhD on the poetry of Dylan Thomas.
She has published more than twenty books since 1992, winning numerous awards, and her books have been translated into multiple languages. She has written in both Irish and English, and also translated from German into English.
As of 2011, she was commissioning editor and publisher with Little Island, an imprint of New Island Books. She is a former co-editor of Bookbird, the magazine of international children's literature organisation IBBY, and former editor of Inis, published by Children's Books Ireland (CBI). She also teaches creative writing at Marino Institute of Education, and has held numerous Writers-in-Schools short-term residencies, with a particular emphasis on working with children with...
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