Anna Carey | Bookhype

Anna Carey is an Irish Book Award-winning novelist, journalist, editor and scriptwriter who spent her teens and twenties playing in bands.
She is the author of seven acclaimed novels for young adults. Her debut novel The Real Rebecca won the Senior Children's Book of the Year prize at the 2011 Irish Book Awards and her last book The Boldness of Betty was shortlisted for the same award in 2020. Her drama podcast The Famine Monologues was released by RTÉ in 2021 and her play The Making of Mollie was staged in 2024.
Our Song is her first book for adults.
She is married to her former bandmate Patrick Freyne and lives in Dublin.

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Cover of Hunger for Dystopian: Sampler

Hunger for Dystopian: Sampler

Jun 5, 2025

Cover of Our Song

May 24, 2022

Cover of This Is Not the Real World

This Is Not the Real World

Feb 2, 2021

Cover of This Is Not the Jess Show

This Is Not the Jess Show

Sep 7, 2020

Cover of The Boldness of Betty

The Boldness of Betty

Mar 5, 2018

Cover of Mollie On The March

Mollie On The March

Oct 17, 2016

Cover of The Making of Mollie

The Making of Mollie

Jun 16, 2015

Cover of Deadfall

Deadfall (Blackbird, #2)

Apr 2, 2015

Cover of Nom de Code

Sep 22, 2014

Cover of Rebecca is Always Right

Rebecca is Always Right (The Real Rebecca)

Sep 1, 2014

Cover of Blackbird

Blackbird (Blackbird, #1)

Mar 30, 2014

Cover of Un Mundo Nuevo

Un Mundo Nuevo (Eve Trilogia, #3)

Aug 5, 2013

Cover of Rebecca Rocks

Rebecca Rocks (The Real Rebecca)

Apr 2, 2013

Cover of Rise

Mar 31, 2013

Cover of Una Vez

Una Vez (Eve Trilogy (Hardcover), #2)

Dec 18, 2012

Cover of The End Is Here: Teen Dystopian Sampler

The End Is Here: Teen Dystopian Sampler

Jul 3, 2012

Cover of Once

Jan 1, 2012

Cover of Rebecca's Rules

Rebecca's Rules (The Real Rebecca)

Oct 4, 2011

Cover of Eve

Sep 6, 2011

Cover of Pitch Dark: Dark Days of Fall Sampler

Pitch Dark: Dark Days of Fall Sampler

Feb 1, 2011

Cover of The Real Rebecca

The Real Rebecca (The Real Rebecca)

Jan 1, 2011

Cover of Sloane Sisters #4

Sloane Sisters #4 (Sloane Sisters)

May 4, 2010

Cover of Boat Guy

May 1, 2010

Cover of Drama Queens

Drama Queens (Sloane Sisters)