Sheila Forsey began writing when she took a course in creative writing in Maynooth University and wrote her first novel – Mending lace. Since then she has written three historical fiction novels Kilbride House, The Secret of Eveline House and The Lake House at Lenashee, all published by Poolbeg Press. 

With a love for the stage she has written some short plays and was a finalist for Scripts Festival, Ireland’s playwriting festival. She has one leg firmly set in a different era and is passionate about bringing the stories of the past especially Ireland’s past into the light. When she is not writing she facilities workshops in creative writing in adult education and in schools. She has recently completed a postgraduate course in Trinity College Dublin exploring culture and creativity. 

She loves rambling through woods, abandoned houses, old graveyards and ruins searching for stories like a magpie. She lives in the sunny south east of Ireland near the sea with her family and is constantly talking about becoming a sea swimmer, getting to grips with decluttering and giving up
coffee.