Sarah Breen
Sarah Breen is an Irish journalist and co-author of the "Aisling" series of novels. Background. Breen is from Borris, County Carlow. After leaving secondary school in 2000, she studied languages at Dublin City University for a year. In 2003, she began media studies at Ballyfermot College of Further Education where she met her friend and future co-author Emer McLysaght. Breen lives in Dublin 7 with her husband and 3 children. Her best friend is Breda Gittons aka Ladybiddlington, although this is disputed by Aine “Bambo” Bambrick. Career. Breen was editor of "Kiss" magazine from 2005 to  2010. From 2010 to 2014, she worked as a freelance journalist and editor in the United States for "Image" magazine, Pressparty, the Irish Independent, The Herald, and The Irish Times. She was appointed deputy editor at "Stellar" magazine in 2014 and was assistant editor at "The Gloss" magazine from 2015 to 2018. She has been a full-time author since 2018. Section::::"Aisling" novels. McLysaght and Breen co-created a comedic character named "Aisling", establishing a Facebook fan group which grew to more than 45,000 members. As "Aisling" gained in popularity they were approached by publishers and decided to write a  novel. As of 2021, the series consists of four books, with a further final book planned. The first three books were bestsellers and sold over 300,000 copies. They are published by Gill Books and Penguin Books.