Sarah Webb (writer)

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Sarah Webb
Born
Dalkey, Co. Dublin
NationalityIrish
Alma materTrinity College Dublin

Sarah Webb is an Irish writer.

Biography[edit]

Webb writes for both children and adults and has had her work published in multiple languages across a number of countries.[1] Webb completed her degree in English and History of Art at Trinity College Dublin.[2] She started as a writer while working full time in a bookshop and writing at night.[3][4]

Today Webb is considered a significant force for children's books in Ireland. In 2015 she was awarded the CBI Book of the Year Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Children's Books in Ireland.[5] Her books Blazing a Trail: Irish Women Who Changed the World, illustrated by Lauren O’Neill, and A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea, illustrated by Steve McCarthy, have both won Irish Book Awards.[5][6][7] Webb was the Dun Laoghaire library Writer in Residence for 2016-2017[8] and she has worked as a children's programmer for the MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland[9] and various book festivals such as 'Mountain to Sea'.[10][11] Webb has returned to working in bookselling through the bookshop 'Halfway Up the Stairs' in Greystones.[11]

Background[edit]

Webb was born in Dalkey.[2] Her father was a quantity surveyor and her mother worked as a teacher.[4] She has three children and lives in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin and spends time in Castletownshend, West Cork.[3][12]

Bibliography[edit]

Novels[edit]

  • Three Times a Lady (2000)
  • Always the Bridesmaid (2001)
  • Something to Talk About (2002)
  • Some Kind of Wonderful (2003)
  • It Had to Be You (2004)
  • Take a Chance (2005)
  • When the Boys Are Away (2007)
  • Mums the Word (2007)
  • Anything for Love (2009)
  • The Loving Kind (2010)
  • The Shoestring Club (2012)
  • The Memory Box (2013)
  • The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street (2021)
  • The Weather Girls (2024)

Children's series[edit]

Ask Amy Green[edit]

  1. Boy Trouble (2009)
  2. Summer Secrets (2010)
  3. Bridesmaid Blitz (2010)
  4. Love and Other Drama-Ramas (2011)
  5. Dancing Daze (2012)
  6. Wedding Belles (2013)

Songbird Cafe Girls[edit]

  1. Mollie Cinnamon Is Not a Cupcake (2015)
  2. Sunny Days and Moon Cakes (2015)
  3. Aurora and the Popcorn Dolphin (2016)

Picture books[edit]

  • Emma the Penguin (2010)
  • A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea (2017)
  • Dare to Dream (2019) (with Graham Corcoran)
  • Sally Go Round the Stars (2020) (with Claire Ranson)
  • The One With The Waggly Tail (2020)

Non fiction[edit]

  • Kids Can Cook (1998)
  • Children's Parties (1998)
  • Kids Can Cook: Around the world (2001)
  • Blazing a Trail (2018)
  • Animal Crackers (2020)
  • Be Inspired! (2022)

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ "Sarah Webb | Authors | The Soho Agency". thesohoagency.co.uk.
  2. ^ a b "On writers' block". Independent.ie. 1 September 2003.
  3. ^ a b "Sarah Webb". Writing.ie.
  4. ^ a b "'When my first book came out, I was a single mum working full-time and writing at night.'". Independent.ie. 25 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Sarah Webb Changes the World". International Literature Festival Dublin. 9 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Sarah Webb". Irish Book Awards.
  7. ^ "Previous winners". Irish Book Awards.
  8. ^ "dlr Writer in Residence 2016-2017, Sarah Webb". dlr LIBRARIES.
  9. ^ "Bright Sparks Creative Bursts – MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland". moli.ie.
  10. ^ "Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival". www.dochara.com.
  11. ^ a b "The writer who went back to bookselling". The Irish Times.
  12. ^ "Sarah Webb | Childrens Books Ireland". childrensbooksireland.ie.
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