MARITA CONLON-McKENNA is one of Ireland’s most popular children’s authors. She has written eight best-selling books to date, and they have been translated into many languages.
Under the Hawthorn Tree, her first novel, became an immediate bestseller and has been described as ‘the biggest success story in children’s historical fiction’. Its sequels, Wildflower Girl and Fields of Home, which complete the Children of the Famine trilogy, have also been hugely successful. Marita lives in Dublin with her husband and four children.