Deirdre Purcell was born in Dublin in 1945. She has been an actress, performing in the Abbey Theatre. She was invited to become the first 'European Theatre Artist' at Loyola University, Chicago. A variety of employments followed, some of them concurrently. Deirdre has also turned to journalism and has presented TV and radio programmes. However, her greatest successes came with her writing which remains very popular. Her 1998 novel, Love Like Hate Adore was a nominee for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Falling For a Dancer was adapted for film starring Elizabeth Dermot Walsh, Dermot Crowley and Liam Cunningham. Deirdre also contributed the screenplay.
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