Irish Children's Book Award, excerpt from The Irish Times, with thanks

The Irish Times - Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Fantasy novelist Kiernan wins top children's book prize

Celine Kiernan at the Children's Books Ireland awards ceremony in Dublin yesterday with pupils of Scoil San Carlo, Leixlip, and Kylemore College, Dublin. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien

AISHLING PHELAN

FANTASY AUTHOR Celine Kiernan was the big winner at yesterday’s Children’s Books Ireland Book of the Year Awards, receiving both the Book of the Year and the Children’s Choice Award for her supernatural thriller Into the Grey.