Paula Clamp

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Paula Clamp (born 1967 in Nottinghamshire, England) is an Irish writer known for her adult and young adult novels. [1] Her first two novels, Standing in a Hammock and Beetle Mania, were best-sellers in Ireland. [2] [3]

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Education

Clamp has master's degrees in Cultural Management and Anglo-Irish Literature. [3] [4]

Career

Clamp is a novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. [5] Her novels are considered humorous chick lit. Her works for theatre have been performed in Dublin and Belfast. [3]

Clamp has held the post of Arts Officer for North Down Borough Council. She conducts writing workshops and has been a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Ulster. [6]

She has been represented by Poolbeg (Dublin) and Curtis Brown Agency (London). [5]

Bibliography

Novels

Plays

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