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Sarah Moore Fitzgerald

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Sarah Moore Fitzgerald is a novelist and professor. She's part of the creative writing team that delivers UL’s MA in Creative Writing, founder of UL’s Creative Writing Winter School for mid-career writers and the author of seven novels including The Apple Tart of Hope, All the Money in the World and The Shark and The Scar. Her work has been adapted for the stage, translated into over 20 different languages and shortlisted for several awards (including the Waterstones children's book Prize, Children's Books Ireland book of the year and the Irish Book Awards). She's a recent winner of the London Magazine's Prize for short fiction. ...more

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On Finding Time To Write

For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a writer. As a child, I wrote stories, poems, scribbled down ideas every day. Notebooks were my favourite things. But as I got older, I lost my courage, I think. I went to college and got a job and got married and had kids and weathered the normal joys and sorrows of life. All the time, the secret longing stayed with me.

One day I told my husband my se Read more of this blog post »

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Published on July 01, 2022 05:20

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Sarah Moore Fitzgerald’s books

Average rating: 3.82 · 5,189 ratings · 926 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Apple Tart of Hope 3.87 avg rating — 3,748 ratings — published 2014 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Back to Blackbrick 3.75 avg rating — 551 ratings — published 2013 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Very Good Chance 3.61 avg rating — 353 ratings — published 2016 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The List of Real Things 3.54 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Strange Kind of Brave 3.85 avg rating — 152 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All the Money in the World 3.74 avg rating — 92 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shark and the Scar 3.77 avg rating — 71 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Apple Tart of Hope by Moore Fitzgerald, Sarah (2015) Paperback really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jeg er ikke død 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ritorno a Blackbrick 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Sarah Fitzgerald and 1 other person liked Amy aim's review of The List of Real Things: "4.5 honestly loved this book. it was rich and full and since its so hard to give it a placement anywhere in the many genres out there i was pretty clueless as to what the plot may be going into it. and throughout it i still didnt. bee was such a beau" Read more of this review »
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Sarah Fitzgerald liked Victoria Olaoye's review of The List of Real Things: "The List Of Real Things review I gave this book a 5* because I loved reading it! People that like adventure and mystery will love reading this because I did.Pls reaad it!😊"
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Sarah Fitzgerald liked Laura Norton's review of The List of Real Things: "This book is YA, I would say teen really, didn’t realise before I started. But a lovely book none the less! TW: grief/loss of parents/close family member. I cried for about an hour at the ending, which is strange because I don’t even believe in that " Read more of this review »
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Sarah Fitzgerald liked Amelie's review of Ciasto ze szczyptą nadziei: "Piękna, wzruszająca i poruszająca książka. Przekazująca dużo wartościowych rzeczy. Opowiada o przyjaźni, nadziei i o tym, jak szybko można popaść w stany beznadziei i bezsensu. Fajne było przeplatanie perspektyw głównych bohaterów. Jedyną rzeczą, któ" Read more of this review »
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Sarah Fitzgerald rated a book it was amazing Heart, Be at Peace by Donal Ryan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Donal Ryan creates characters whose lives transcend the stories that have been told of them, so that it requires no suspension of disbelief to find Bobby and Triona and Réaltín and Seanie and the others living their lives years later in ‘Heart, be at ...more
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“Peace built on lies, is no peace at all.”
― Sarah Moore Fitzgerald, The Apple Tart of Hope

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“Kindness is magic.”
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“La paz construida sobre mentiras no es paz en absoluto.”
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