Beginner’s Pluck: Hilary Fannin

Hilary worked in a lot of menial jobs and as a classroom assistant before she discovered that it was possible to have a career in writing.

First she worked in theatre.

“I trained at the Oscar Theatre school at weekends, run by actors. A group of us set up our own theatre and choreographed our own work. I did okay as an actor, working in the Abbey and the Peacock, then I went to London, waitressing, and did a playwrighting course.