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Anna’s debut novel Pack Up The Moon was published in January 2006, it went on to be a best seller both here and abroad and earned her a nomination for best newcomer at the Irish Book Awards.
Since then Anna’s written four more novels, Apart From The Crowd, The Truth Will Out and So What If I’m Broken. Her latest novel The Space Between Us is due for release in Ireland in October 2011. She’s also written School Run, a TV comedy-drama for TV3 which was nominated for both an IFTA and a TV award. Anna’s books are published in Ireland, Germany, America, Russia, The UK, NZ, Australia, Portugal, Spain and India. She’s currently working on her first film.
Anna’s lived many kinds of lives in this short lifetime her parents separated when she was five and her mother was diagnosed with MS when she was six. She lived with and cared for her Mum and her Gran until the age of eleven and was then fostered by her Aunt and Uncle who lived in Kenmare, Co. Kerry. At the age of 14, Anna was introduced to her half sister who had been living thirty five miles away from her. At 17, she lost her mother, and a few years later she lost a close friend to suicide, as well as her father to cancer, though she never really knew him. She nearly lost her own life when she was hit by a car aged 20. Surviving loss and being faced with death inspires Anna to write about the darker side of life but because she has been lucky enough to be surrounded by joyful people her work and life is brimming with hope and laughter.

Praise For Anna McPartlin –

“Enormously readable, funny and emotionally engaging.” The Irish Times

“Anna McPartlin delivers the goods again.” Cosmopolitan

“Anna McPartlin radiates an amazing life-affirming humour and positivity….a superb writer.
“Captures the pain of loss and longing…but her background in stand up comedy spills on to every page, making this touching novel so funny.” Irish Independent.

“McPartlin ranks up there with Marian Keyes and Melissa Hill in terms of how well she writes and how good she is at crafting a story” – Chick Lit Reviews Website

“I loved every page of it….It so impressed me that I will be reading it again.” Irish Mail On Sunday.

“A wonderful book that’s refreshingly honest in its delivery with great characters, a great storyline and a clever conclusion… a must for all McPartlin fans” – www.femalefirst.co.uk

“Insightful and moving…defiantly irreverent.” Sunday Independent