Beginner’s pluck: Cork-born author Barbara Leahy

Since leaving university, Barbara has worked full-time in admin — fitting writing in during evenings and at weekends

Barbara Leahy: 'I always wanted to write a novel. During covid, I thought, 'it’s now or never'.'

As a child, Barbara read anything and everything.

“I read my own books, my brothers’ books, and everything in the bookcase at home,” she says.