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name: Patricia Forde
about: Patricia Forde lives in Galway, in the west of Ireland, with her husband Padraic and two teenage children. She has previously published PictureBooks and Early Readers for children in Irish and in English. She has written two plays and several television drama series for children andteenagers. In an earlier life, she was a primary school teacher and the artistic director of the Galway International Arts Festival.The List ( The Wordsmith in the UK and Ireland) is her first novel.