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About Annette

Quick Facts:

Name: Annette Dunlea

Past Jobs: Teacher, examiner, librarian and bookseller

Martial Status: Single

Believes: Feminist, Equality of all

Religion: Catholic

Learned to write: I studied for and received a masters degree in Arts but mostly I love reading and I am practically a professional reader.

Birthsign: Leo

Favourite musicians: Duffy, Westlife, U2,

Favourite music: Irish ballads but I enjoy most music

ELibraries: Find Annette Dunlea book recommendations and book reviews on

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/annettedunlea

LibraryThing: http://www.librarything.com/profile/ajdunlea

Shelfari: http://www.shelfari.com/annettejuliadunlea

Member of the IWWG: International Women's Writers Guild

http://www.iwwg.com

Creative Writing: Member of Ballea Writers Group

http://www.balleawriters.com/index.php?p=Home%20of%20Ballea%20Writers%20Club

Poetry: Member of : Second Light Ladies Network

http://www.secondlightlive.co.uk/members/annettejuliadunlea.shtml

Favourite Novel: Circle of Friends

Favourite Authors: Maeve Binchy, Kathy Kelly, Cecelia Ahern, John Grisham, Jack Higgins and Tom Clancy

Person most like to meet: Nelson Mandella

Hobbies: shopping, baking, interior design, reading, writing and gardening.

Favorite Food: Sunday Roast with all the trimmings

Favorite celebrity: Nigella Lawson

Favorite Movie: The Green Mile

Animals—- 5 cats

Ambition: to write many successful novels as possible

Literary Blogs : Http://www.ajd8.wordpress.com

Http://www.annettedunlea.blogspot.com

Writing preference : poetry or novels

Writing Program: I write on my laptop by day in the conservatory in my cottage overlooking the Atlantic Ocean with the ships passing and the planes flying overhead. I find the sea view and landscaped garden a tranquil and peaceful setting to write. I often play with music in the background and prefer to work into the late hours of the night.
First Novel: It is about feminism and the strength women can draw for each other and the lengths they will go to, to protect their children and family. It is dedicated to mum who believed in me even I struggled as a writer.

Favourite Books

DaVinci Code by Dan Brown

Engima by Robert Harris

Hunt For Red October by Tom Clancy

Lessons in Heartbreak by Kathy Kelly

PS I Love You by Cecelia Ahern

Tara Road by Maeve Binchy

The Thorn Birds by Colleen Mc Cullough

Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Al

Reference:

Cle Irish Book Publishers Association: http://www.publishingireland.com/
Encarta: http://encarta.msn.com/
Irish Writers Centre: http://www.writerscentre.ie/
Irish Writers Online: http://www.irishwriters-online.com/links.html
Munster Literature Centre: http://www.munsterlit.ie/
Public Libraries Blog: http://www.library.ie/weblog/public-libraries/
Reference.Com: http://thesaurus.reference.com/