Nicola Pierce is an Irish writer and ghost writer.
Life
Born in
Tallaght
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, Dublin, Nicola Pierce has worked and lived in
Drogheda since 2011. Pierce attended the Presentation Schools in
Terenure
Terenure (), originally called ''Roundtown'', is an affluent, middle class suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It is located in the city's D6W postcode area.
Location and transport
Terenure lies primarily in the administrative area of Dublin City ...
and got an Arts Modular degree from
University College Dublin
University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a member institution of the National University of Ireland. With 33,284 student ...
. Her books are aimed at children and young adults. Almost all her books are historical fiction although she has been asked to write history books about some of these historical events. Her first novel ‘Spirit of the Titanic’ was selected for seven different ‘One Book One Community’ Projects. In 2014 her second novel ‘City of Fate’, about World War Two’s Battle of Stalingrad, was considered for the
Warwickshire
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Av ...
Year Nine Book Award. This novel was followed by ‘Behind the Walls’ about the 1688–89 Siege of Derry. Her 2017 novel ‘Kings of the Boyne’ was shortlisted for 2017 LAI Children’s Book Award. In the middle of writing her fifth children’s novel, in February 2018, Pierce was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer, finally finishing treatment in 2019. During that time, she released the non-fiction ‘Titanic, True Stories of Her Passengers, Crew and Legacy’.
Her fifth novel, about the doomed 1845 John Franklin and Captain Francis Crozier expedition to the Arctic, ‘Chasing Ghosts, An Arctic Adventure’ was finally released in March 2020.
Bibliography
* ''Behind the Walls''
* ''City of Fate''
* ''Kings of the Boyne''
* ''Spirit of the'' Titanic
* Titanic: ''True Stories of her Passengers, Crew and Legacy''
* ''Ballymena: City of the Seven Towers''
* ''Coleraine: A Short History'' (Hardback)
* ''Lisburn: Phoenix from the Flames''
* ''Chasing Ghosts-An Arctic Adventure''
Ghostwritten
* ''I Was a Boy in Belsen''
* ''Nobody Will Believe You''
* ''Mother From Hell''
Anthologies
* ''Reading The Future: New Writing From Ireland''
* ''The Danger and The Glory''
References and sources
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1969 births
21st-century Irish women writers
Writers from Dublin (city)
Alumni of University College Dublin
Ghostwriters
Irish children's writers
Irish women children's writers
Living people