In which year was the Irish author of the book about the adventures of the skeleton detective and a teenage girl born?
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Derek Landy Derek Landy (born 23 October 1974) is an Irish author and screenwriter, best known for the Skulduggery Pleasant series of young adult's books.
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Skulduggery Pleasant Skulduggery Pleasant is a series of fantasy novels written by Irish author Derek Landy. The books revolve around the adventures of the skeleton detective, Skulduggery Pleasant, and a teenage girl, Stephanie Edgley/Valkyrie Cain, along with other friends. The central story arc concerns Valkyrie's struggle to stop evil forces threatening the world, finally find justice for her late uncle's death, and her internal struggle of keeping the darkness within her to stay within.
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Mary Morrissy Mary Morrissy (born 1957 in Dublin) is an Irish writer.
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Julia O'Faolain Julia O'Faolain (born June 6, 1932 in London) is an Irish novelist and short story writer. Her parents were Irish writers Seán Ó Faoláin and Eileen Gould.
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Lisa McInerney Lisa McInerney (born 1981) is an Irish short story writer, blogger, and novelist. Her debut novel, "The Glorious Heresies", was published in April 2015 and won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and the Desmond Elliott Prize in 2016.
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Gerald O'Carroll Gerald O'Carroll is an Irish writer and historian. Born in Tralee, County Kerry in 1952, he is the second of ten children of James, an insurance broker, and his wife Elizabeth (née Talbot). Gerald was educated at Catholic primary schools in Tralee and Castlemaine, where the family moved about 1961. He attended the Catholic St. Brendan's College, Killarney, before going to University College Cork, where he graduated with a BA in history, English, and geography in 1972. He taught at second level under the Limerick City Vocational Education Committee, and for short spells on secondment in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (1983–85) and Madrid, Spain (1991). O'Carroll retired from teaching in 1997 to concentrate on research and publication.
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Paudge Behan Paudge Rodger Behan ( ; born January 1965) is an Irish actor and writer. The son of IRA Chief of Staff Cathal Goulding and Beatrice ffrench-Salkeld, the widow of playwright Brendan Behan, Paudge Behan worked briefly as a journalist for a Dublin newspaper before turning to acting. After a series of minor film and television roles in the 1990s, he was handpicked by English novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford to appear as the male lead in a 1999 dramatisation of her book "A Secret Affair" (1996).
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Clare Dunne Clare Dunne (born 1937) OAM is an Irish-born Australian actress, author, lecturer and broadcaster. Her first name is also found as Claire.
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Tales from Bective Bridge Tales from Bective Bridge is a collection of ten short stories concerning rural Ireland and its populace by the writer, Mary Lavin, born an American, who returned along with her family to Ireland in 1925.
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Irish Love Irish Love is the sixth of the "Nuala Anne McGrail series" of mystery novels by Roman Catholic priest and author Father Andrew M. Greeley.
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The Christmas Tree (novel) The Christmas Tree is Irish author Jennifer Johnston's sixth novel, first published in 1981 by Hamish Hamilton. It has been suggested by "The Irish Times" as being her finest work, and was chosen by the "Irish Independent" to be published as one of the books its "Irish Women Writers" collection. It is one of U.S. writer Lionel Shriver's favourite books and was adapted for television in 1986.
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Catherine Dunne (writer) Catherine Dunne (born 1954) is an Irish writer. She was born in Dublin and studied English and Spanish at Trinity College, Dublin, before becoming a teacher. In 2013, she was awarded the Giovanni Boccaccio International Prize for Fiction for "The Things We Know", which was published in Italy as "Quel che ora sappiamo".
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Alice Next Door Alice Next Door is an Irish children's novel written by Judi Curtin and illustrated by Woody Fox. It was first published in 2005 by O'Brien Press. It is the first of the Alice and Megan series.
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Ursula Holden Ursula Holden (born 8 August 1921) is an English novelist, author of thirteen novels often inspired by her time spent in Ireland. Her first novel, "Endless Race", was published when she was 54.
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Irish Stew! Irish Stew! is the seventh of the "Nuala Anne McGrail series" series of mystery novels by Roman Catholic priest and author Father Andrew M. Greeley.
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In the Woods In the Woods is a 2007 mystery novel by Tana French about a pair of Irish detectives and their investigation of the murder of a twelve-year-old girl. The novel won several awards such as the 2008 Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author, the 2008 Barry Award for Best First Novel, the 2008 Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel, and the 2008 Anthony Award for Best First Novel.
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Carol Hedges Carol Hedges is a British author of books for children, young adults and adults. Her novel "Jigsaw", about a teenager's suicide, was shortlisted for the Angus Book Award and nominated for the Carnegie Medal in 2001. Her most recent works are the Spy Girl series for teenagers and the Diamonds & Dust adult mystery series, published by Crooked Cat and featuring the Victorian detectives Leo Stride and Jack Cully.
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John Boyne John Boyne (born 30 April 1971) is an Irish novelist. He is the author of ten novels for adults and five novels for younger readers. His novels are published in over 50 languages.
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Colum McCann Colum McCann (born 28 February 1965) is an Irish writer of literary fiction. He was born in Dublin, Ireland and now lives in New York. He is a Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing in the Master of Fine Arts program at Hunter College, New York with fellow novelists Peter Carey and Tea Obreht, and has visited many universities and colleges all over the world.
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Kathy Sheridan Kathy Sheridan is a journalist with "The Irish Times".
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Helen O'Clery Helen O'Clery (née Gallagher) (1910 – 11 October 2006) was an Irish writer specializing in children's books.
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Paula Byrne Paula Byrne, Lady Bate, (born 1967), is a British author and biographer.