Sharon Black
| Address: | Dublin |
Sharon Black is an Irish author of warm, witty women’s fiction and is published by Poolbeg Books. As a writer, she enjoys dreaming up high-concept ideas and funny, well-rounded characters for her contemporary romantic comedies. But even though her romances always have happy-ever-after or happy-for-now endings, she’s not afraid to explore deeper themes in her books. Sharon previously worked as a freelance journalist for some of the big Irish newspaper groups. She is a member of Writing.ie and Writers Ink and is a Curtis Brown Creative alumna. She has published short stories in women’s magazines, was long-listed for the 2023 Retreat West ‘Opening Lines’ Competition, and placed 2nd in the 2020 Maria Edgeworth Literary Festival Short Story Competition. When she’s not writing, she reads, walks, catches up with family and friends, drinks a lot of coffee and probably eats too much chocolate. Sharon is an active member of a long-running local book club which meet monthly to chat, drink wine and discuss books. She loves theatre, old Hollywood films, every romantic comedy ever made and edgy stand-up. Thanks to her appalling sense of direction, she and Jodie (Google Maps) are close personal friends. Sharon lives on the Dublin coast with her husband and the youngest of her grown up family.
