Evelyn grew up in the wild and windy west of Ireland. She spent her time playing in the trees with her siblings, arranging weddings for her pets (much to their disapproval), making up games, and getting up to plenty of mischief (or devilment as we say in Ireland).
Evelyn has always loved to read. Her favorite part of the week was when the school bus stopped at the library on the way home. Everyone flocked in, as if they had never seen a book before in their lives, and dove for their favorites before it was too late!
Evelyn studied English at university (where there was still a lot of running and
grabbing of books, especially at exam time). Later Evelyn became a teacher, and it made her fall in love with children's stories all over again.
With a thirst for adventure, Evelyn has taught in schools all around the world including Hong Kong, Singapore and The Netherlands. Now she lives by the sea in Spain, and spends her days writing stories, visiting schools to share her books, and practising Spanish with anyone who can bear it. Evelyn loves to write funny stories. She is inspired by her son and his beautiful belly laughs at silly stuff.
Evelyn has been lucky to travel all over the world. Some of her favorite places are the Himalayan mountains in India, Machu Picchu in Peru and Angkor Wat in Cambodia. She once drove all around Australia and slept in a tent every night. A dive trip to the magnificent Great Barrier Reef left her mesmerized by the magic of our underwater world.
Saddened by the amount of plastic she saw in the ocean one day, Evelyn was inspired to write Captain Green and the Plastic Scene. She likes to speak in schools about ways to reduce plastic waste and keep our sea creatures happy. The idea for her next book, Captain Green and the Tree Machine, came after seeing enormous areas of ancient rain forest destroyed. She hopes readers will be motivated to protect our trees - with or without a tree machine.
Evelyn's next book JINX! will release in 2025 and is designed to bring lots of laughs to little ones and their families.
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