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July 16, 2008 2:02 PM

SPOTLIGHT: Martina Reilly

A qualified drama teacher, Irish author Martina Reilly has also written adult fiction as Tina Reilly and teen fiction as Martina Murphy. As if that doesn't keep her busy enough Martina has also written for the Evening Herald and occasionally writes for the Irish Independent Weekend magazine, along with writing plays, acting in plays and having two children.

Martina's writing day is  from 10am to 1:30pm every day whilst the children are in school. Everything goes into her laptop. She doesn't use notebooks as she believes if the idea is good enough she'll remember it and also edits as she writes so by the time she has finished (her last book took eight months) the book is "clean" and ready to go [via Sarah Webb's website].

Bibliography

*Writing as Martina Murphy

Free Fall

Dirt Tracks

Fast Car

Live Wire

*Writing as Tina Reilly

Flipside

The Onion Girl

Is this Love?

Something Borrowed

Wedded Blitz

Wish Upon a Star

*Writing as Martina Reilly

All I Want is You

The Summer of Secrets

Her ninth adult book, Second Chances, is out in October 2008.

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Posted by Helen Redfern on July 16, 2008 in Irish Authors, Spotlight | Permalink

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