About

Meet the Author

Laura Foley is an Irish author hailing from the Kilkenny Countryside where she grew up on a small dairy farm. She now lives on the coast of Wexford with her husband and three children.

With a BA (hons) in Applied Social Studies, she graduated top of her class in 2016. Although writing for four years at this point, after completing her thesis she finally found the confidence to consider writing as a career.

Laura likes to write in every age category from picture book to adult. But specifically, she only writes stories centralized around Irish characters and places. She also loves writing with lyrical tones and enjoys stories that take place within time or place constraints to amplify the emotions of both the characters and readers.

Fans of the female Irish literary scene will be drawn to her romance work.

(She/Sí/Her)

Her debut - 'Flourish by the Night' released February 3rd 2024.

Laura 's adult fantasy - 'The Light of Lúnasa' is releasing Summer 2024

with Alex Parker Publishing.

Laura is currently between agents.

Favourite Books

Louise Nealon - Snowflake
Eimear Ryan - Holding Her Breath
Sally Rooney - Normal People
Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tom...
Beth O'Leary - The Flatshare/No Show
Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner
Stieg Larsson - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games

Hobbies

Knitting Blankets (because I can only knit big squares)
Baking
Rubik's Cube solving
Photography (If you could even call it that)

Favourite Movies/TV Shows

Rick & Morty
Doctor Who
The Last of US
Line of Duty
Black Mirror
Fleabag
The Mandalorian
Stranger Things
F1: Drive to Survive
Seeking A Friend for the End of the World
Twister
The Wizard of Oz
Grosse Pointe Blank

Favourite Travel Spots (so far)

Budapest - Hungary
Prague - Czechia
Murcia - Spain
Split - Croatia
Copenhagen - Denmark
Berlin - Germany
Kilkenny - Ireland
Milan - Italy
Amsterdam - The Netherlands
Koln - Germany
Liverpool - UK