Louise O'Neill was born in west Cork in 1985. She studied English at Trinity College Dublin and has worked for the senior Style Director of American Elle magazine. While in New York, she also worked as an assistant stylist on a number of high-profile campaigns. She is currently working as a freelance journalist for a variety of Irish national newspapers and magazines, covering feminist issues, fashion and pop culture. Her website is louiseoneillauthor.com and you can find her on Twitter @oneilllo
Gripping ... like all the best dystopias, Only Ever Yours is about the world we live in now - Irish Times Utterly magnificent ... gripping, accomplished and dark - Marian Keyes A dark dream. A vivid nightmare. The world O'Neill imagines is frightening because it could come true. She writes with a scalpel - Jeanette Winterson Deep, dark and frighteningly believable, this book will stay with you for a long time - Marie Claire Deserves to be read by young and old, male and female, the world over in the same way Harry Potter and The Hunger Games were - Sunday Independent The Handmaid's Tale meets Mean Girls' - The Vagenda Compelling writing ... this only-too-real dystopia grips from beginning to end - SFX Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale with a post-millennial twist - The Journal.ie