Anna McPartlin (born 1972) is an
Irish novelist. Her novel ''
Pack Up the Moon'' (2006) was her
debut feature.
Biography
Anna McPartlin was born in
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 ...
, Ireland, in 1972. As a teenager she grew up with her aunt and uncle as a fosterling in
Kenmare
Kenmare () is a small town in the south of County Kerry, Ireland. The name Kenmare is the Anglicisation, anglicised form of ''Ceann Mara'', meaning "head of the sea", referring to the head of Kenmare Bay.
Location
Kenmare is located at the hea ...
,
County Kerry
County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the cou ...
. She studied marketing before working as a
stand-up comedian
Stand-up comedy is a comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up.
Stand-up comedy consists of one-liners, stories, ...
. Her novels (since 2006) were translated into German.
She is married and lives in Dublin.
Novels
* ''Pack Up the Moon'' (2006)
* ''Apart from the Crowd '' (2007) also published as ''No Way to Say Goodbye'' (2009)
* ''The Truth Will Out'' (2008) also known in the states as ''As Sure As the Sun''
* ''Alexandra Gone'' (2010) also published as ''The One I Love'' (2010)
* ''The Space Between Us'' (2011)
* ''Somewhere Inside Of Happy'' (2015)
* ''The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes'' (2015)
* ''Below the Big Blue Sky'' (2020)
* " Waiting for a Miracle" (2021)
References
External links
Anna goes through life by the book
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1972 births
Irish women novelists
Living people
People from County Dublin
People from Kenmare