About

I qualified with a joint honors Bachelor of Arts degree in English and History from University College Cork in 2015. Subsequently, I graduated with a Masters in Irish Literature and Film in 2016. One compulsory element of this M.A. was the composition of a 15,000 -17,000 word thesis over the course of six months. After some deliberation I decided to work on the following: ‘The Representation of Female Empowerment in John Ford’s Cinema’. By taking this approach, I validated that Ford as a director of an inherently masculine genre (Westerns) empowered his female characters to challenge their patriarchal environments. I supported this claim by positioning our greatest Irish actress, Maureen O’ Hara, at the core of my thesis.Currently, I am researching the psychological trauma of Gothic Cinema for my P.H.D.

As an avid reader all my life, it is my desire to publish my own works of fiction. Authors who have inspired me are: Harper Lee, J.K. Rowling, Jane Austen, John Le Carre and Stephen King. I enjoy reading books from a wide range of genres, but the area that I am interesting in creating within is Crime Mystery/Thriller. When written well, the characters and the narrative are suspenseful, intriguing and and a joy to journey with. I aspire that my novel will do all the above and so much more.