Author: Sharon Dempsey
Bio: Sharon Dempsey graduated from Queen's University Belfast in 1991 and completed a postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism at City University, London. She works as a health writer and freelance journalist. Her first book, My Brain Tumour Adventures: The Story of a Little Boy Coping with a Brain Tumour, was written for her son Owen who was undergoing treatment for a brain tumour. Her column, ‘ A Grieving Pregnancy’ was published by the Irish Times throughout 2006.