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Marilyn McLaughlin graduated from Trinity College Dublin in mid seventies with a degree in English and German. She subsequently studied Fairy Tales at Phillips Universtät in Germany and taught English Language, literature and German in Derry.

Won the Brian Moore Short Story Award in 1996.

Published a collection of stories for adults "A Dream Woke Me" (Blackstaff) 1999

And "Fierce Milly" (Mammoth) 1999 (short stories for 6 - 8 year olds)

"Fierce Milly" won a Bisto Award and The Eilish Dillon Award for best first book for children, June 2000.

"Fierce Milly and her Amazing Dog" will be published in 2001.

She has contributed short stories to Mammoth's anthologies for older children and is presently writing a novel for older children and working on more short stories for adults as well as Fierce Milly No3.

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