Writer Musician Open Water Swimmer
Welcome to my website. I write plays, fiction, and non-fiction for people of all ages. Some of my work is categorized as young-adult fiction and theatre for young audiences (or TYA, as it’s known in the trade). But the longer I write, the more I find myself butting up against categories of all kind. I write about what interests me, in the form(s) that make most sense to me. To keep up-to-date on my writing life, follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kathleen-McDonnell-Author-8841728475
I’m also a musician. I play and sing in kith&kin, a family trio who are part of a wonderful music-making community in Toronto. Click here for a taste of what we do. You can find out all about us on my MUSIC page. And yes, that’s me in the photo, swimming in my home waters of beautiful Lake Ontario.
Breaking News
My newest book is a fact-based historical novel BRIDEEN, The Journeys of a Famine Daughter, an epic story of the Irish diaspora drawing on the experience of my ancestor Bridget Sweeney. From the back cover: “County Mayo, Ireland, 1847. The potato crop has failed two years in a row. People are in the throes of starvation, and young Bridget Sweeney must witness things that no nine-year-old should have to bear: Whole families stricken with fever, corpses littering the roadsides, and her own family forcibly evicted in the dead of night. Through a mix of dogged determination, sheer luck, perhaps even divine grace, they join the historic Irish diaspora, making their way to England and ultimately to North America.”
Order it on Amazon or from the publisher, here: tps://www.aospublishing.com/kathleen-mcdonnell
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