Anne Chambers is an
Irish biographer,
novelist
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, and
screenplay writer who lives and works in
Dublin
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, and is best known for her biography of the 16th-century Irish Pirate Queen,
Grace O'Malley
Gráinne O'Malley (, ; – ), also known as Grace O'Malley, was the head of the Ó Máille dynasty in the west of Ireland, and the daughter of Eóghan Dubhdara Ó Máille.
Upon her father's death, she took over active leadership of the lords ...
.
Early life and education
Chambers grew up in
Castlebar, Ireland.
She has a master's degree in history from the Convent of Mercy Castlebar.
Chambers initially worked as an executive at
Central Bank
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, but left the job to pursue writing.
Writing career
Chambers published a biography of
Grace O'Malley
Gráinne O'Malley (, ; – ), also known as Grace O'Malley, was the head of the Ó Máille dynasty in the west of Ireland, and the daughter of Eóghan Dubhdara Ó Máille.
Upon her father's death, she took over active leadership of the lords ...
(''Gráinne Ní Mháille'') in 1979.
She has subsequently written several adaptations of this biography, including a play, a biopic, and a screenplay for a six part mini-series, which as of November 2022 was in development with
Kristen Sheridan.
Chambers received the Wild Atlantic Words Hall of Fame Award in 2018.
Books
* ''Grace O'Malley : The Biography of Ireland's Pirate Queen 1530-1603'' (1979); Gill.
* ''Shadow Lord'' (2007); biography of
Tibbot ne Long Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo, Gráinne Ní Mháille's youngest son.
* ''Finding Tom Cruise'' (2007)
* ''Eleanor Countess of Desmond'' (2011)
* ''T.K. Whitaker: Portrait of a Patriot'' (2014)
* The Great Leviathan: the life of Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo (1788-1845)
References
External links
Official Internet SiteOfficial Blog
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Irish women novelists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century Irish biographers
Irish screenwriters
Irish women screenwriters
Irish women biographers
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