Sarah Webb (writer) explained

Sarah Webb
Birth Place:	Dalkey, Co. Dublin
Nationality:	Irish
Alma Mater:	Trinity College Dublin

Sarah Webb is an Irish writer.

Biography

Webb writes for both children and adults and has had her work published in multiple languages across a number of countries.^[1] Webb completed her degree in English and History of Art at Trinity College Dublin.^[2] She started as a writer while working full time in a bookshop and writing at night.^{[3] [4]}

Today Webb is considered a significant force for children's books in Ireland. In 2015 she was awarded the CBI Book of the Year Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Children's Books in Ireland.^[5] Her books Blazing a Trail: Irish Women Who Changed the World, illustrated by Lauren O’Neill, and A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea, illustrated by Steve McCarthy, have both won Irish Book Awards.^{[5] [6] [7]} Webb was the Dun Laoghaire library Writer in Residence for 2016-2017^[8] and she has worked as a children's programmer for the MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland^[9] and various book festivals such as 'Mountain to Sea'.^{[10] [11]} Webb has returned to working in bookselling through the bookshop 'Halfway Up the Stairs' in Greystones.^[11]

Background

Webb was born in Dalkey.^[2] Her father was a quantity surveyor and her mother worked as a teacher.^[4] She has three children and lives in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin and spends time in Castletownshend, West Cork.^{[3] [12]}

Bibliography

Novels

• Three Times a Lady (2000)
• Always the Bridesmaid (2001)
• Something to Talk About (2002)
• Some Kind of Wonderful (2003)
• It Had to Be You (2004)
• Take a Chance (2005)
• When the Boys Are Away (2007)
• Mums the Word (2007)
• Anything for Love (2009)
• The Loving Kind (2010)
• The Shoestring Club (2012)
• The Memory Box (2013)
• The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street (2021)
• The Weather Girls (2024)

Children's series

Ask Amy Green

1. Boy Trouble (2009)
2. Summer Secrets (2010)
3. Bridesmaid Blitz (2010)
4. Love and Other Drama-Ramas (2011)
5. Dancing Daze (2012)
6. Wedding Belles (2013)

Songbird Cafe Girls

1. Mollie Cinnamon Is Not a Cupcake (2015)
2. Sunny Days and Moon Cakes (2015)
3. Aurora and the Popcorn Dolphin (2016)

Picture books

• Emma the Penguin (2010)
• A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea (2017)
• Dare to Dream (2019) (with Graham Corcoran)
• Sally Go Round the Stars (2020) (with Claire Ranson)
• The One With The Waggly Tail (2020)

Non fiction

• Kids Can Cook (1998)
• Children's Parties (1998)
• Kids Can Cook: Around the world (2001)
• Blazing a Trail (2018)
• Animal Crackers (2020)
• Be Inspired! (2022)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sarah Webb Authors The Soho Agency . thesohoagency.co.uk.
2. News: On writers' block . Independent.ie . 1 September 2003 . en.
3. Web site: Sarah Webb . Writing.ie.
4. News: ‘When my first book came out, I was a single mum working full-time and writing at night.’ . Independent.ie . 25 April 2021 . en.
5. Web site: Sarah Webb Changes the World . International Literature Festival Dublin . 9 March 2023.
6. Web site: Sarah Webb . Irish Book Awards.
7. Web site: Previous winners . Irish Book Awards.
8. Web site: dlr Writer in Residence 2016-2017, Sarah Webb . dlr LIBRARIES . en.
9. Web site: Bright Sparks Creative Bursts – MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland . moli.ie.
10. Web site: Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival . www.dochara.com.
11. News: The writer who went back to bookselling . The Irish Times . en.
12. Web site: Sarah Webb Childrens Books Ireland . childrensbooksireland.ie.