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Anne Chambers

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Anne Chambers is an Irish biographer, novelist, and screenplay writer who lives and works in Dublin, and is best known for her biography of the 16th-century Irish Pirate Queen, Grace O'Malley. Chambers grew up in Castlebar, Ireland. She has a master's degree in history from University College Cork. Chambers initially worked as an executive at Central Bank, but left the job to pursue writing. Chambers published a biography of Grace O'Malley (Gráinne Ní Mháille) in 1979. She has subsequently written several adaptations of this biography, including a play, a biopic, and a screenplay for a six part mini-series, which as of November 2022 was in development with Kristen Sheridan. Chambers received the Wild Atlantic Words Hall of Fame Award in 2018.

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