Books are my business: Commissioning editor with Merrion Press Síne Quinn

A cousin working in publishing was the catalyst for Síne's career choice: 'it was like a lightbulb moment for me and I knew it was what I wanted to do'
Books are my business: Commissioning editor with Merrion Press Síne Quinn

Síne Quinn: 'If you think an idea is good, you never really forget it, you often end up coming back and revisiting it.'

Síne Quinn is a commissioning editor with Merrion Press. She also works as a creative writing facilitator with the Bookmarks writing programme for primary school pupils at Trinity College, Dublin and as a book doctor for Children’s Books Ireland. 

Her book The Faerie Isle: Tales and Traditions of Ireland’s Forgotten Folklore, illustrated by Dermot Flynn, will be published next month by Walker Books.

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