{"id":134,"date":"2026-11-04T07:03:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookpublish.online\/sinead\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2026-11-04T07:27:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:27:41","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bookpublish.online\/sinead\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT THE AUTHOR"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"134\" class=\"elementor elementor-134\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6685fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e6685fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf770d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"cf770d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"CreativeAuthor\" id=\"about-author\">\n\n  <div class=\"ca-background-word\" aria-hidden=\"true\">AUTHOR<\/div>\n  <div class=\"ca-paper-glow ca-paper-glow-one\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"ca-paper-glow ca-paper-glow-two\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ca-wrapper\">\n\n    <!-- =====================================================\n         LEFT AUTHOR VISUAL\n    ====================================================== -->\n\n    <div class=\"ca-visual\">\n\n      <div class=\"ca-monogram-frame\">\n\n        <div class=\"ca-frame-corner ca-corner-one\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"ca-frame-corner ca-corner-two\"><\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"ca-monogram\">\n          <span>O<\/span>\n          <span class=\"ca-monogram-line\"><\/span>\n          <span>A<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"ca-monogram-label\">\n          ORLA ASHE\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"ca-monogram-subtitle\">\n          MEMOIRIST \u00b7 OBSERVER \u00b7 STORYTELLER\n    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emotional\n          blueprint written long before she understood what love was.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <span class=\"ca-page-line\"><\/span>\n        <span class=\"ca-page-line ca-page-line-medium\"><\/span>\n        <span class=\"ca-page-line ca-page-line-short\"><\/span>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Small editorial note -->\n      <div class=\"ca-note-card ca-note-two\">\n        <span class=\"ca-note-label\">THE AUTHOR\u2019S LENS<\/span>\n\n        <strong>\n          Dark humour.<br>\n          Emotional honesty.\n        <\/strong>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Signature -->\n      <div class=\"ca-signature-card\">\n        <span class=\"ca-signature\">Orla Ashe<\/span>\n        <small>Author of How to Date a Psychopath<\/small>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <span class=\"ca-orbit ca-orbit-one\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n      <span class=\"ca-orbit ca-orbit-two\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- =====================================================\n         RIGHT AUTHOR CONTENT\n    ====================================================== -->\n\n    <div class=\"ca-content\">\n\n      <div class=\"ca-eyebrow\">\n        <span class=\"ca-eyebrow-dot\"><\/span>\n        BEHIND THE STORY\n      <\/div>\n\n      <h1 class=\"ca-heading\">\n        MEET\n        <span>ORLA ASHE<\/span>\n      <\/h1>\n\n      <p class=\"ca-opening\">\n        Orla Ashe writes with dark humour, emotional honesty and a\n        sharp eye for the things people say, the things they avoid saying and\n        the burdens women quietly learn to carry.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"ca-divider\">\n        <span><\/span>\n        <small>AUTHOR OF HOW TO DATE A PSYCHOPATH<\/small>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <p class=\"ca-description\">\n        In <em>How to Date a Psychopath<\/em>, she examines the distance\n        between appearing capable and feeling safe, tracing the patterns that\n        connect childhood survival to adult relationships.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <p class=\"ca-description\">\n        Her writing looks beyond the obvious villain or dramatic ending.\n        Instead, it explores the quieter emotional architecture beneath a\n        life: vigilance, attachment, humour, grief and the slow work of\n        becoming at home in oneself.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <!-- AUTHOR FACTS -->\n      <div class=\"ca-facts\">\n\n        <article class=\"ca-fact\">\n          <div class=\"ca-fact-top\">\n            <span class=\"ca-fact-number\">01<\/span>\n\n            <span class=\"ca-fact-symbol\">\n              <svg viewBox=\"0 0 64 64\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                <path d=\"M12 49h40\"><\/path>\n                <path d=\"M18 43l21-21 7 7-21 21H18z\"><\/path>\n                <path d=\"M37 24l6-6 7 7-6 6\"><\/path>\n              <\/svg>\n            <\/span>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <h3>Her Voice<\/h3>\n\n          <p>\n            Candid, observant and emotionally precise, with humour appearing\n            in the places 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