Episode Four: Deirdre O'Sullivan

The Books That Made Me

Her latest book, Perfectly Preventable Deaths, has Deirdre O'Sullivan's name on everybody's lips. Just before its release, she sat down with The Books That Made Me podcast to chat the eternal brilliance of fairytales, Game of Thrones and one book that made her *very* angry. Books mentioned in this episode are: The Children of Lir by Michael Scott/ Making Out by Catherine Applegate/ The Babysitters Club by Ragina Telgemeier/ Sweet Valley High by Francine Pascal and Jamie Suzanne/ The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde/ The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde/ Game of Thrones series by George R.R Martin/ Tangleweed & Brine by Deirdre O'Sullivan/ Wild Swans by Young Chan/ Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah/ The Pornographer by John McGaren/ The Conversion of William Kirkwood by John McGaren/ The Red Word by Sarah Henstra/ The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson/ How To Murder Your Life by Cat Marnell/ Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married by Marian Keyes/ Constellations by Sinead Gleeson/ Show Them A Good Time by Nicole Flattery/ Paris Syndrome by Lucy Sweeney Byrne/ Like Other Girls by Clare Hennessy/ Nothing Tastes As Good by Clare Hennessy/ The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter/ Don't Bet On The Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairytales by Jack D.Zipes, Jane Yolen, Tanith Lee, Angela Carter, Meghan B.Collins / Meat Market by June Dawson/