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Aspiring writer Mags Clarke has just moved with her mother to a new area after the death of her father Because her feet are usually firmly planted on the ground Mags is cautious about befriending Gillian whom she enchantingly finds playing the violin high up in the trees near her house But the two get acquainted and embark on Project Manhunt a plan to find Gillians absent father the only one who can send Gillian to an audition for a prestigious music school Their strategies differ making the road to true friendship a bumpy one Second Fiddle is a thoughtfully crafted portrait of family and an unlikely friendship forged around a noble goal
About the Author
I was born in Dublin, the capital city of Ireland, more years ago than you need to know. When I was a child, I lived in Loughrea in CountyGalway (and I still have lots of relations there) , Galway city and Letterkenny in County Donegal. And then I came back to Dublin, to Trinity College, and (apart from a year spent in Munich) , I have lived in Dublin ever since. I like it here. I like going away, but I love coming home. I've been writing books for more years than you have been alive (if you are one of my typical readers, ie under the age of about fourteen) , and there are quite a lot of them by now. I love writing for kids, because kids are the BEST readers in the world. This is a scientific fact. Sometimes I also write for adults, but only sometimes.As well as writing, I also translate children's books (from German) . That's why some of the books on my author page are by other people -- I translated them, but somebody else wrote them (in German) . I also publish children's books (ones written by other people, I mean) , in my teeny tiny publishing company, Little Island Books, which lives in what used to be my dining room. (I have a very short commute in the mornings.) I am visually impaired, which means I don't see very well and I can't read books or newspapers. (I can read on the computer, because I can make the words very big.) This is not a great thing for a writer, because of course writers need to read a lot. So mostly I read ebooks or listen to audiobooks. I LOVE audiobooks. (Though they do tend to put me to sleep; this can be a problem, especially if you are on the bus. I am often on the bus.) I think that's enough about me.
