Claire Hennessy
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Claire Hennessy is the Irish
author of several young adult
novels. She was born in Dublin on 24 February 1986 and attended Trinity College Dublin. She teaches creative writing
workshop
s. Her first book, Dear Diary..., was written when she was twelve and published by Poolbeg shortly before her fourteenth birthday.
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
author of several young adult
Young adult literature
Young-adult fiction or young adult literature , also juvenile fiction, is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages 14 to 21. The Young Adult Library Services of the American Library Association defines a young adult as "someone between the...
novels. She was born in Dublin on 24 February 1986 and attended Trinity College Dublin. She teaches creative writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
workshop
Workshop
A workshop is a room or building which provides both the area and tools that may be required for the manufacture or repair of manufactured goods...
s. Her first book, Dear Diary..., was written when she was twelve and published by Poolbeg shortly before her fourteenth birthday.
Books
- 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)