Eve Bunting Awardsīunting has been the recipient of the PEN Los Angeles Center Literacy Award, the Arab American Book Award, and the Golden Kite Award Best Eve Bunting BooksĮven though so many of her works are set in Ireland, Eve Bunting makes an effort to be as inclusive as possible with the characters she uses, with some of the best titles in her bibliography including: Eve’s stories tackle happiness, death, immigration, basically every concept that is present in the real world regardless of how negative it might be. She always adds as much diversity as possible, introducing children to characters of all backgrounds. Her stories are not afraid to tackle difficult subjects. Her bibliography also includes adult-oriented novels. She has always wanted to write for every child, not just the pre-schooler but the middle grader and the older teens. She tries to produce content to fit all ages. She went on to write many more novels, building an extensive bibliography with over 200 published works over a relatively short period. The exotic setting and foreign concepts in her work won Eve many adoring fans. Once she realized that Finn McCool wasn’t quite as well known as she presumed, Eve made him the center of her story. The story was so common in Ireland that Eve thought everyone knew it. It was an exploration of a folktale that followed the exploits of an Irish giant and his conflict with a Scottish giant. Having taken up the pen in her mid-thirties, Eve Bunting was 40 when her first book was finally published. None the less, she signed up for the class, honed her skills, and published her first novel. But, still, she wasn’t certain of her future in publishing.
And she understood that writing them down would give her great joy. She stumbled upon a brochure promoting a writing class at the local Junior college.Įve knew that there was no shortage of ideas for stories in her mind. But eventually, they did not need her quite as much. Eve Bunting spent several years raising her three children. While she thought that she fit the idea of a Shanachie, Eve did not necessarily harbor notions of pursuing a publishing career.Įverything changed when she immigrated to the US. She was particularly fascinated by the so-called Shanachies, storytellers that went from home to home spreading ancient folktales. She was already older than most aspiring authors when Eve finally sat down to write fiction.Īs a child, the author was obsessed with Northern Ireland’s rich storytelling culture. A decade later, she became a United States citizen. Initially migrating to Scotland, Eve and Edward eventually decided to move to the US. She met the business executive in college and the two started a family soon after.
A former student of Methodist College and Queen’s University, Eve was still studying when she stumbled upon her future husband. Most of her education took place in Northern Ireland, specifically Belfast.
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