O'Hely, Eileen

Eileen O'Hely was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1972. She studied languages and astrophysics at Melbourne and the University of New South Wales. Always the scientist, she moved to Europe to compare the effectiveness of language study by immersion vs. academic study, and incidentally became an author. Her first published novel, Penny the Pencil, won a 2006 Children's Books Ireland Bisto Honour Award. Her PhD was finally put to good use in Penny's fifth adventure, Penny in Space. Eileen now lives in Brisbane, Australia with her husband and young family.

To read an interview with Eileen, please click the underlined link: Eileen O'Hely Interview.

To visit Eileen's website, please click the underlined link: Eileen O'Hely.