The Writers of Wales Database

SULLIVAN, JENNY

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Novelist, short story writer, poet, storyteller. Awarded Irma Chilton bursary by Welsh Arts Council in 1993. Has an MA in the Teaching and Practice of Creative Writing from Cardiff University. Her PhD was awarded in summer 2002. Jenny won the Welsh Book Council’s 2006 Tir na n–Og Award for English Language Books for her title Tirion’s Secret Journal (Pont, 2005). Full Moon won the 2012 Tir na Nog prize. She is a proud new grandmother to baby Daisy, Tove and Catrin. Jenny is now a part-time resident of France but remains available for schools’ and other visits. Please email her for her schedules.

Selected Publications:
For children
The Magic Apostrophe (Pont Books, 1994)
The Island of Summer (Pont Books, 1996)
The Back End of Nowhere (Pont Books, 1997)
Dragonson (Pont Books, 1998)
Sion and the Bargain Bee (Pont Books, 1998)
Following Blue Water (Pont Books, 1999)
Dwy Droed Chwith (Gomer, 1999)
Two Left Feet (Pont Books, 1999)
Gwydion and the Flying Wand (Pont, 2000)
Who Me?: The First Book of Tan’ith (Pont Books, 2001)
Celtic Heroines (Gomer, 2002)
A Play this Time: Sion and the Bargain Bee (Gomer, 2002)
Magic Maldwyn (Gomer, 2002)
The Caterpillar That Couldn’t (Pont Hoppers Series) (Gomer, 2002)
Me and My Big Mouth (Gomer, 2002)
Dawnsia Dilwyn Lindysyn (Cyfres Llyffantod) (Gomer, 2002)
Betsan the Brave (Pont Books, 2002)
Dragons and Decisions: The Third Book of Tan’ith (Pont Books, 2003)
Nowhere Again (Pont Books, 2003)
Tirion’s Secret Journal (Pont Books, 2005)
A Guardian What? (Pont Books, 2006)
Nobody Asked Me (Pont Books, 2006)
Troublesome Thomas (Pont Books, 2007)
C’mon, Cymru!: Let’s Hear it for Wales! (Pont, 2009)
A Little Bit of Mischief (Pont, 2010)
Full Moon (Pont, 2011)

For adults
Silver Fox ~ It begins… (Amazon)
Silver Fox ~ The paths diverge (Amazon)

Contributed to:
Luminous and Forlorn (contributor) (Honno 1994)
Power (contributor) (Honno 1998)
Catwomen From Hell (contributor) (Honno 2000)
The Woman Who Loved Cucumbers (contributor) (Honno 2002)
Mirror Mirror (contributor) (Honno 2004)
My Cheating Heart (contributor) (Honno 2005)
Safe World Gone (contributor) (Honno 2007)
Poems of Love and Longing (contributor) (Pont, 2008)