Sheena Wilkinson is one of Ireland’s most acclaimed writers for young people. Since the publication of the multi-award-winning Taking Flight in 2010, she has published several novels, including Grounded, which won the 2013 Children’s Books Ireland Book of the Year and Children's Choice awards.
Her first historical novel, Name upon Name, set during the 1916 Easter Rising, was chosen as Waterford City’s ‘One Community, One Book’ title in 2016. This was followed by Star by Star, set at the time of the momentous 1918 General Election, when women in Ireland voted for the first time. This won the 2018 Children’s Books Ireland Honour Award for Fiction and was selected as a BookTrust ‘Future Classic’.
Sheena Wilkinson lives in County Down, Northern Ireland, where she spends her time writing, singing, and walking in the forest thinking up more stories.
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