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Marita Conlon-McKenna
Marita Conlon McKenna is one of Ireland’s best-loved authors and her books are enjoyed by readers across the world.
Marita grew up in Dublin, with much of her childhood spent in a house overlooking the sea in Greystones, Co Wicklow.
Passionate about Irish history Marita’s first book ‘Under the Hawthorn Tree’ is set during The Great Irish Famine.
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The book was inspired by the discovery of a famine grave with the skeletons of three children buried under a hawthorn tree. Published in 1990 the book became an immediate bestseller with rights sold across the world.
It went on to win the prestigious ‘International Reading Association Award –I.R.A.in the U.S.
and ‘The Osterreichischer Kinderund Jungendbuchpreis in Austria’ and The Reading Association of Ireland Award and was filmed by Young Filmmakers Ireland in association with RTE and Channel 4.
The book has become a classic and is used by schools both in Ireland and overseas.
It is part of the best-sel