Author, Sue Rainsford: I do think I was born to be a writer

— just because your writing hasn’t been published, it doesn’t mean that you’re not a writer or that you’re failing

Sue Rainsford: "I’d like to be remembered as a writer who had her own relationship to language and didn't make any compromises." Picture: Ali Rainsford

I grew up down the road from where I’m living now in Sandymount with my mum, dad, and sister. We’re quite lucky that we get on — as a group of people in addition to being related by blood. My parents always gave us a lot of books growing up and my sister and I both started reading quite early.

I’ve always been very close to my sister. My earliest memory is meeting her in the hospital when she was in the little plastic crib. People always think she’s the older one because she’s more sophisticated and composed. I was quite a strange child so I was lucky to have a sister who put up with me.