Siobhán Parkinson is an author for the Girls of Many Lands series.
Biography[]
Parkinson grew up in Galway and Donegal, Ireland, and lived in Dublin as an adult.[1] She received her degree in English literature and German, and her doctorate degree in English literature from Trinity College Dublin.[1] [2] She currently lives in Dublin with her husband.[3] She teaches creative writing at St. Patrick's College, Dublin City University, and translates children's books from German.[4][2]
She was Ireland's first children's laureate from 2010 to 2012.[2]
Parkinson is visually impaired and utilizes audiobooks and magnifying software.[3][4]
American Girl Books[]
Girls of Many Lands[]
Kathleen Murphy[]
Other Books[]
- Four Kids, Three Cats, Two Cows, One Witch (Maybe)
- The Moon King
- Sisters... No Way!
- Breaking the Wishbon
- The Love Bean
- Second Fiddle: How to Tell a Blackbird From a Sausage
- Something Invisible
- Amelia
- No Peace for Amelia
- Animals Don't Have Ghosts
- Cows Are Vegetarians
- Blue Like Friday
- The Henny Penny Tree
- The Leprechaun Who Wished He Wasn't
- Dialann Sár-Rúnda Amy Ní Chonchúir
- Call of the Whales
- "Bruised"
- Maitríóisce
- All Shining in the Spring: The Story of a Baby Who Died
- The Thirteenth Room
- Painted Ladies