First Term at Fernside

Described in the Irish Times as ‘one of our foremost writers for young people’, Sheena Wilkinson is the author of eight novels for children and young adults, and one for adults. Her books have won numerous awards, including the CBI Book of the Year in 2013 for Grounded, and she has been shortlisted three times for the Astrid Lindgren Award, the world’s biggest children’s literature award. Sheena lives in County Derry with her husband, stepson and two dogs.

Sheena has been a lifelong fan of girls’ school stories ever since reading the Malory Towers and Chalet School books – she even has a PhD on the subject! First Term at Fernside is her first book for O’Brien Press.

Find out more about Sheena on her website, sheenawilkinson.com.