Patricia writes in English and in Irish, with work ranging from picture books to speculative middle-grade fiction. She has written more than twenty books, along with plays, television series and, most recently, a film. Her ambition as Laureate na nÓg is to encourage wild creativity – bringing children, writers and illustrators together to inspire one another to imagine new worlds, and most of all to have fun along the way. Patricia Forde was announced as Ireland’s seventh Laureate na nÓg in May 2023, and will be in the role until 2026.