Episode 107 - Denise Deegan

Denise Deegan Denise Deegan is an award-winning, internationally bestselling novelist and screenwriter. Denise writes for adults, teenagers and children. Her novels have been published by Penguin Random House, Hachette, Lake Union Publishing and Amazon Publishing. Writing under the pen name, Aimee Alexander, her women’s fiction novels have become international bestsellers. Denise’s historical novel, Through the Barricades, won the SCBWI Spark Award 2017 and was chosen as a Publishers Weekly Booklife Books to Watch. Her writing for Young Adults includes the much-loved contemporary trilogy, The Butterfly Novels: And By The Way, And For Your Information and And Actually. And For Your Information was nominated for an Irish Book Award and is on Coverfly’s Red List. All of Denise’s novels are available on Kindle Unlimited, including the box set of The Butterfly Novels: Box Set. Denise is an award-winning screenwriter. Her comedy drama, Tough Old Broad, was selected for Screen Ireland’s Spotlight Scheme 2020, debuted on The Filmarket Hub as an “Excellent Script” and featured in Variety when it was chosen by Wscripted as an Excellent Script to be presented at Marché du Film at Festival de Cannes 2021. Denise is a Top 50 ScreenCraft Finalist and a Top 50 Roadmap Writers Finalist. Her short film, 3 Down, won the Shedunnit Short Script Competition at WOFFF20. Her radio play, The Last PTA Meeting, won the Little Wonder Radio Play Competition 2020. Denise won the Raindance Pitching Competition, January 2021, following a general anaesthetic! Website Denise Deegan Instagram @denisedeegan Twitter @DeniseDeegan Facebook Denise Deegan LINKTREE P&N Linktr PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/persistentandnasty for those who can donate. A million thanks and love. Resources https://www.samaritans.org/?nation=scotland http://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/ https://rapecrisisni.org.uk/ https://rapecrisis.org.uk/ https://www.artsminds.co.uk/ https://www.bapam.org.uk/ https://freelancersmaketheatrework.com/sexual-violence-support-services/ Join our Zoom Coffee Morning every Friday at 11am GMT, email [email protected] WeAudition offer: For 25% off your monthly subscription quote: NASTY25 Backstage Offers: Get a free 12 months Actor Subscription: https://join.backstage.com/persistentnasty-uk-12m-free/ Or if you've got a project to cast, you can Post Castings for free: Apply promo code PERSISTENTANDNASTY at the checkout