Sarah Breen is an Irish journalist and co-author of the ''Aisling'' series of novels.
Background
Breen is from
Borris, County Carlow
Borris (, formerly ''Buirgheas Ó nDróna'') is a village on the River Barrow, in County Carlow, Ireland. It lies on the R702 regional road.
Borris has views of the neighbouring countryside with Mount Leinster and the Blackstairs Mountains to ...
. After leaving secondary school in 2000, she studied languages at
Dublin City University for a year. In 2003, she began
media studies
Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media Studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly ...
at
Ballyfermot College of Further Education where she met her friend and future co-author
Emer McLysaght
Emer McLysaght (born 1980) is an Irish journalist and co-author of the ''Aisling'' series of novels.
Background
McLysaght is from Kill, County Kildare. After secondary school, she attended Trinity College Dublin, where she studied biology for a ...
. Breen lives in
Dublin 7
Dublin postal districts have been used by Ireland's postal service, known as ''An Post'', to sort mail in Dublin. The system is similar to that used in cities in Europe and North America until they adopted national postal code systems in the 19 ...
with her husband and 3 children.
Career
Breen was editor of
''Kiss'' magazine from 2005 to 2010. From 2010 to 2014, she worked as a freelance journalist and editor in the United States for
''Image'' magazine,
Pressparty, the
Irish Independent
The ''Irish Independent'' is an Irish daily newspaper and online publication which is owned by Independent News & Media (INM), a subsidiary of Mediahuis.
The newspaper version often includes glossy magazines.
Traditionally a broadsheet new ...
,
The Herald, and
The Irish Times. She was appointed deputy editor at
''Stellar'' magazine in 2014 and was assistant editor at ''The Gloss'' magazine from 2015 to 2018. She has been a full-time author since 2018.
''Aisling'' novels
McLysaght and Breen co-created a comedic character named ''Aisling'', establishing a
Facebook fan group which grew to more than 45,000 members. As ''Aisling'' gained in popularity they were approached by publishers and decided to write a novel. As of 2021, the series consists of four books, with a further final book planned. The first three books were
bestseller
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s and sold over 300,000 copies. They are published by
Gill Books and
Penguin Books.
Awards
* 2019
Irish Book Awards
The Irish Book Awards are Irish literary awards given annually to books and authors in various categories. In 2018 An Post took over sponsorship of the awards from Bord Gais Energy. It is the only literary award supported by all-Irish bookstores. ...
Popular Fiction Book of the Year - ''Once, Twice, Three Times an Aisling''
* 2018 Irish Book Awards Popular Fiction Book of the Year - ''The Importance of Being Aisling''
Bibliography
* ''Aisling and The City'' (2021)
* ''Once, Twice, Three Times An Aisling'' (2019)
* ''The Importance of Being Aisling'' (2019)
* ''Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling'' (2017)
References
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Living people
People from County Carlow
1980 births