Sheila was born on a farm on the coast of Ireland and was brought up listening to the legends and folklore of Ireland’s past. This gave her a love of words that became the stepping- stone for her career in writing. An intriguing interest into Ireland’s complex and at times very difficult past led her to write historical fiction. With a love for the theatre and many years treading the boards she turned her love of being on the stage to writing for the stage. She is a Trinity College Dublin postgraduate in Creative and Cultural studies and a graduate of NUI Maynooth in Creative Writing. She spent two years as a curator for Wexford Literary Festival and is the facilitator for creative writing in adult education. She has received a bursary in Literature from Artlinks and was a finalist in Scripts Ireland with a new piece of theatre.