Siobhan Parkinson

Siobhan Parkinson

Siobhán Parkinson is a novelist and one of Ireland’s best-known writers for children. She says herself that she writes ‘to the imagination’.
True, most of the imaginations who engage with her work are on the youthful side, but in her view, the best books are for everyone who enjoys them.
Siobhán is currently Irish children’s literature laureate, Laureate na nÓg. There is lots of information about her work in this role at www.childrenslaureate.ie and you can watch some related clips below.