My Story

Emma Marns - Author, Journalist, Radio Broadcaster

Hello there!

Thank you so much for coming to my author page and hopefully you have stumbled across my debut novel, THE WALK.

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I always wanted to be a writer, and when studying Heaney and Friel at A-Level and then James Joyce at university, I felt an unexplainable pull towards Ireland and the stories I suspected were there! After completing my undergraduate degree at UEA (it's wonderful) and an NCTJ qualification in Sports Journalism, I enjoyed a brief but fruitful career writing about football and other pursuits much too energetic for me in real life.

I then embarked on an M.Phil. in Irish Writing from the truly magnificent Trinity College Dublin as a mature student (27 is mature?! News to me) and it was there that I first had the idea for The Walk. It took ten months to write and two YEARS to sign a publishing contract - so if you are in the pursuit of something worthwhile right now and facing a good deal of rejection and setbacks, please don't give up!

In my day job I work at East 15 Acting School as their administrator / doer-of-all-the-things / resident coffee-maker and friendly person, which is a joy and I love it dearly. I have a lovely husband (Bradley) and a beautiful daughter (Melody) who keeps me busy when I'm not working, writing - and definitely not sleeping.

Please do find me on The Social Medias - @EmmaMarns on Twitter, Emma Marns - Author on Facebook and emmamarns_author on Instagram - and let me know what you think of The Walk. Don't forget to check out my blog too.

Hugs, high-fives and tea and biscuits,

Emma