- Deirdre Purcell
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Deirdre Purcell (born Dublin 1945) is an Irish author. Purcell is a former Abbey Theatre actress, who has played as Christine opposite Donal McCann in Drama at Inish, Miss Frost in the stage adaptation of The Ginger Man, and Pegeen Mike in The Playboy of the Western World. Purcell is also a former TV and press journalist. She has been awarded The Benson & Hedges and Cross awards for journalism. She lives in West Cork.[1] Since October 2009, she has presented All About the Music on RTÉ lyric fm.
Contents
Bibliography
Novels
- A Place of Stones (1991)
- That Childhood Country (1992)
- Falling for a Dancer (1993)
- Ashes of Roses (1994)
- Francey (1995)
- Roses After Rain (1996)
- Sky (1996)
- Love Like Hate Adore (1997)
- Billy and Jesus Are Off to Barcelona (1999)
- Entertaining Ambrose (2001)
- Has Anyone Here Seen Larry? (2002)
- Marble Gardens (2002)
- Last Summer in Arcadia (2003)
- Children of Eve (2005)
- Tell Me Your Secret (2006)
- The secret (2006)
- Somewhere in Between (2007)
- Jesus and Billy Are Off to Barcelona (2008)
- Days We Remember (2008)
Series contributed to
- Finbar's Hotel (1999) (with Maeve Binchy, Dermot Bolger, Clare Boylan, Emma Donoghue, Anne Haverty, Kate O'Riordan)
- Ladies' Night at Finbar's Hotel (2000) (with Maeve Binchy, Dermot Bolger, Clare Boylan, Emma Donoghue, Anne Haverty, Kate O'Riordan)
Non fiction
- Diamonds and Holes in My Shoes (2006)
- Follow Me Down to Dublin (2007)[2]
References
- ^ Deirdre Purcell
- ^ http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/deirdre-purcell/ Reference for the entire bibliography.
Categories:- Irish novelists
- Living people
- Women novelists
- Irish women writers
- 1945 births
- RTÉ lyric fm presenters
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