Aubrey Flegg

Aubrey Flegg was born in Dublin. His early childhood was spent in County Sligo, Ireland. He went to school in Dublin and later in England. After a spell with a mountain rescue team in Scotland, he returned to Ireland to study geology at Trinity College. He then did geological research in Kenya, before joining the Geological Survey of Ireland in 1968. Aubrey recently took early retirement in order to concentrate on writing.

His first book, Katie's War, is about the civil war period in Ireland; it was published in 1997. Katie's War has recently won the Peter Pan Award 2000 -- an award created by IBBY Sweden for a children's book, translated into Swedish, which gives information on another culture.

Wings Over Delft, the first book in the Louise trilogy, won the Bisto Book of the Year overall award in 2004.

The issue of landmines in ex-warzones

Aubrey feels very strongly about the issue of landmines in ex-warzones throughout the world, and wrote The Cinnamon Tree to help focus attention on this issue.
A Writer's Jigsaw

Aubrey describes where the ideas for the characters in Katie's War came from, and how they grew and developed into real people.
Peter Pan Nearly Grounded

Aubrey runs into trouble at airports, and describes where he gets his inspiration from.

Fugitives! - A Story of the Flight of the Earls
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The Rainbow Bridge
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Fugitives! - A Story of the Flight of the Earls

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Katie's War

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Download Teaching Guides: Teaching guide from O'Brien Teaching Guides Collection 3

The Cinnamon Tree - A Novel Set in Africa