Irish writer, journalist, and musician
Anna Carey is an Irish author of young adult novels, and journalist and musician.[1] Her first novel, The Real Rebecca, won the Children's Book of the Year (Senior Category) at the Irish Book Awards in 2011.[2]
Career
Carey toured and played with bands for 15 years, both as a singer and musician. During that time, she recorded with the band El Diablo and appeared on two of their albums.[1]
She later became a young adult writer. She wrote a series of books with a protagonist named Rebecca, including The Real Rebecca and its sequels, Rebecca's Rules, Rebecca Rocks and Rebecca is Always Right.[3] The books are written in the form of collected diary entries.[3][1]
She also wrote a historical fiction series, with the first book titled The Making of Mollie. The book is set in Dublin in 1912; in it, a young girl becomes involved with the women's suffrage movement.[3] The novel's narrative follows a sequence of letters sent to the main character's friend. The second book in the series, Mollie on the March, was published in 2018.[4]
Carey's 2020 book, The Boldness of Betty, takes place in Dublin in 1913 during a labor strike.[5] In 2020, the book was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Children's Book of the Year in the Senior category.[6] The year after, it was shortlisted for the KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards.[7]
Personal life
Carey is married to author and Irish Times journalist Patrick Freyne.[6]
Selected works
Rebecca series
- The Real Rebecca (2011)
- Rebecca's Rules (2012)
- Rebecca Rocks (2013)
- Rebecca is Always Right (2014)[3]
Mollie series
- The Making of Mollie (2016)[8]
- Mollie on the March (2018)[3]
Standalone works
- The Boldness of Betty (2020)
References
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