Marita Conlon-McKenna is the author of numerous best-selling books including Rebel Sisters–a novel about Ireland’s 1916 Rising, The Magdalen and Under the Hawthorn Tree, the award winning novel for children about the Great Irish Famine. She lives in Ireland. Her other books include The Stone House, Mother of the Bride, The Hat Shop on the Corner, Three Women, The Matchmaker, Promised Land, The Rose Garden.Her children’s books include Wildflower Girl, Fields of Home, In Deep Dark Wood, Safe Harbour, The Blue Horse and Love Lucie.She is a winner of the I.R.A. (the International Reading Association Award, U.S.A.) and is a former chairperson of Irish Pen, the Association of Irish Writers. Visit Marita’s official website at www.maritaconlonmckenna.com