Beginner’s pluck: Counsellor and psychotherapist Sinéad Nolan

Nolan's debut novel 'The Counting Game' is clever and compulsive and the plot is lifted by the psychological insights

Sinéad Nolan: 'In 2019, I did a Faber novel writing course for six months, meeting once a week. It was wonderful getting feedback from others.'

An adventurous child, Sinéad adored playing in a forest with her friends, climbing trees.

“We had so much freedom,” she says.