Secret Son (Burke) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—January 25, 1983
• Where—Dublin, Ireland
• Education—B.A., Trinity College Dublin; PostGrad Diploma, DIT
• Awards—TV3's Write A Bestseller Award
• Currently—lives in Dublin


Jennifer has been writing stories for as long as she can remember but it was only in 2011, after qualifying as a solicitor, that she realised if she didn't get down to the serious business of writing a novel soon, she'd never do it. So she joined the Irish Writer's Centre, took a couple of courses and put time aside to write properly.
 
Eager for feedback, Jennifer joined a writing group which she is still a part of today. She also starting entering competitions with encouraging results—a short story was shortlisted in the From the Well competition in 2012 and published in the resulting anthology, and she was shortlisted in the Fish Flash Fiction competition in both 2012 and 2013.
 
Eventually, in 2013, her big break came. Jennifer won TV3's Write A Bestseller competition, securing a three book deal with Poolbeg Press. The Secret Son was published in September 2013 to critical acclaim.
 
When not writing, Jennifer works as a solicitor and enjoys singing with the Lassus Scholars choir and travelling. (From the author.)

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