Author Archive: Denise Deegan

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Writing For Young Adults – What Preparing A Masterclass Has Taught Me

Writing For Young Adults – What Preparing A Masterclass Has Taught Me

When the Irish Arts Center in New York asked me to hold a masterclass on writing young adult fiction, I thought: sure, no problem. I regularly run story workshops in schools. They’re interactive, fun and hugely educational.  For me, too. Because kids are kids. And teenagers are teenagers. They give so much of themselves. There […]

January 26, 2018 | By | Reply More
Cover Story

Cover Story

‘Never judge a book by its cover.’ In publishing, we know that the opposite of this is true. I didn’t know just how true until the publication of my latest novel, Through the Barricades, an historical love story set in the early 1900s. I had had seven novels published by a variety of houses eg […]

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