Alan Nolan
Alan is an illustrator, author and graphic designer.
the author and illustrator of Fintan’s Fifteen, Conor’s Caveman and the Sam Hannigan series, and he is the illustrator of the popular Gordon’s Game books written by Gordon D’Arcy and Paul Howard, as well as Animal Crackers by Sarah Webb. He is the recipient of the Children’s Books Ireland 2024 Award for Outstanding Contribution to Children’s Books. His book Molly Malone & Bram Stoker in the Riddle of the Disappearing Dickens, the latest in his #1 best-selling Molly & Bram series, was shortlisted for An Post Children’s Book of the Year 2024 (Senior), and is out now!! Alan loves doing writing and illustration workshops with primary and secondary school kids and is often to be seen racing between schools and libraries, carrying a flipchart in one hand and a big bag of pencils in the other. Alan lives in Bray, County Wicklow with his wife, three sons and a cocker spaniel called Lily. |
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