ANNEMARIENEARY
about annemarie
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Originally from Northern Ireland, Annemarie was educated at Trinity College Dublin, where she read English and French. She qualified as a barrister at King's Inns, Dublin while working as a civil servant there and later moved to work as an in-house lawyer in London. She has a Masters in Venetian Renaissance art from the Courtauld Institute, and Venice has inspired many of her short stories. Annemarie is working on a fourth novel and a collection of short fiction. She lives in London, on Clapham Common, with her family.
To find out more, take a look at some of the articles, blog posts and interviews below.
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Themes
There can never be 'no-go' areas in fiction (Siren) - The Irish Times
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Scenes from a Troubles childhood (Siren) - Bookanista
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Top Ten books about guilt (Siren) - The Guardian
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Dear Reader (Siren) - Dead Good Books
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Orphans in fiction (Orphans) - The Literary Sofa
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Writing about siblings (Orphans) - Female First
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Writing about Ireland (Parachute) - Historical Tapestry
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Edge lands and commons in fiction (Orphans) - BBC Radio 4 Open Book
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Top 5 crime novels set in South London (Orphans) - Dead Good Books
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Edge lands in fiction: Works on the wild side (Orphans) - The Irish Times
Hidden gems in quirky West Cork (Siren) - Wanderlust
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Writers on location - Roaringwater Bay (Siren) - The Literary Sofa
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Researching an unfamiliar location - Writers & Artists
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Research for fiction (pleasures and pitfalls) - Words with Jam
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What's your first draft like? - Rebecca Bradley Crime
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Words of Encouragement - Culture Northern Ireland
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Enjoy being published - One More Page
Recreating the past and taking your readers with you - Writing.ie
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Making History Believable (Parachute) - Sue Howe
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Q&As and profiles
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My favourite.... The London Library - Books Ireland
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Ten things I'd like my readers to know about me - Female First
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Interview as inaugural judge - Bath Flash Fiction Award
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Author interview - Bath Short Story Award
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A Journey from law to writing - Belfast Telegraph
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An unconventional path to fiction - University Observer​
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Interview with Donna Freed (Orphans) - Radio Gorgeous
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A home filled with novel ideas (Orphans) - Metro UK
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Author interview (Orphans) - Orphans & Care Leavers in Fiction
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Author interview (Orphans) - Cheryl Holloway
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Author interviews (Orphans & Siren & Parachute) - Jaffa Reads Too
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Author interview (Siren) - Jera's Jamboree
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Author interview (Parachute) - Triskele Books
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Author interview (Parachute) - Life Between Pages
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Author interview (Parachute) - Litro
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Rising Star - Culture Northern Ireland
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Interview & guest blog - Strictly Writing
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