Sheila O'Flanagan
Encyclopedia
Sheila O'Flanagan is a Dublin born fiction writer and journalist
who currently writes for The Irish Times
.
. Her career started in financial services at the Central Bank of Ireland, and was in time promoted to Chief Dealer, trading things like foreign currency, bonds and options. She wrote her first book in her thirties. She was offered a contract with an Irish publisher and gave up her job in financial trading.
She is currently a competitive Badminton
player in Ireland and has served on the Irish Sports Council Board.
In 2011 she received the Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year Award
for All for You.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
who currently writes for The Irish Times
The Irish Times
The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Kevin O'Sullivan who succeeded Geraldine Kennedy in 2011; the deputy editor is Paul O'Neill. The Irish Times is considered to be Ireland's newspaper of record, and is published every day except Sundays...
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Biography
She was born in Dublin, IrelandRepublic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. Her career started in financial services at the Central Bank of Ireland, and was in time promoted to Chief Dealer, trading things like foreign currency, bonds and options. She wrote her first book in her thirties. She was offered a contract with an Irish publisher and gave up her job in financial trading.
She is currently a competitive Badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
player in Ireland and has served on the Irish Sports Council Board.
In 2011 she received the Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year Award
Irish Book Awards
The Irish Book Awards is an annual Irish literary award given to books and authors in various categories. It is the only literary award supported by all-Irish bookstores. First awarded in 2006, they grew out of the Hughes & Hughes bookstore's Irish Novel of the Year Prize which was inaugurated in...
for All for You.