Anna Carey is an Irish author of

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novels, and journalist and musician. Her first novel, ''The Real Rebecca'', won the Children's Book of the Year (Senior Category) at the

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in 2011.

Career

Carey toured and played with bands for 15 years, both as a singer and musician. During that time, she recorded with the band ''El Diablo'' and appeared on two of their

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s. She later became a young adult writer. She wrote a series of books with a protagonist named Rebecca, including ''The Real Rebecca'' and its sequels, ''Rebecca's Rules'', ''Rebecca Rocks'' and ''Rebecca is Always Right''. The books are written in the form of collected diary entries. She also wrote a

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series, with the first book titled ''The Making of Mollie''. The book is set in Dublin in 1912; in it, a young girl becomes involved with the

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. The novel's narrative follows a sequence of letters sent to the main character's friend. The second book in the series, ''Mollie on the March'', was published in 2018. Carey's 2020 book, ''The Boldness of Betty'', takes place in Dublin in 1913 during a

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. In 2020, the book was shortlisted for the

Children's Book of the Year in the Senior category. The year after, it was shortlisted for the KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards.

Personal life

Carey is married to author and

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journalist Patrick Freyne.

Selected works

Rebecca series

*''The Real Rebecca'' (2011) *''Rebecca's Rules'' (2012) *''Rebecca Rocks'' (2013) *''Rebecca is Always Right'' (2014)

Mollie series

*''The Making of Mollie'' (2016) *''Mollie on the March'' (2018)

Standalone works

*''The Boldness of Betty'' (2020)

References

External links

*https://www.kirkusreviews.com/author/anna-carey/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Carey, Anna Irish novelists Irish writers of young adult literature Irish journalists 21st-century Irish women writers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people