Marita Conlon-McKenna

Marita Conlon-McKenna is a hugely successful Irish children's writer. Her first novel,Under the Hawthorn Tree, sold 250,000 copies in the Irish market alone. Her debut adult novel, The Magdalen, was a number one bestseller in Ireland, followed by Promised Land, Miracle Woman, The Stone House, The Hat Shop On The Corner,The Matchmaker, Mother of the Bride,A Taste for Love,Three Women and The Rose Garden. She lives in Dublin with her husband and four children.