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Sarah Bowie

Sarah Bowie is a writer and illustrator based in Waterford. She is also an arts educator and runs workshops in schools on comic-making, visual storytelling and doodling for wellbeing. She is co-founder of The Comics Lab and of Ireland’s first Graphic Short Story Prize in partnership with the Irish Times.

The first book in the Nina Peanut graphic novel series was one of the biggest-selling middle grade debuts of 2024 and has been translated into fourteen languages.

Nina Peanut: Major Drama Alert, the fourth book in the series, is out now.

A woman with purple skin and dark hair looks downwards. Bird feathers in blue, purple, and pink fan outwards from her head, silhouetted against a bright white circle on a black background.
A person rides a large orange dragon soaring above mountains, trailing flames and smoke, while a flock of birds flies in the colourful sky.
Five glowing, ghostly figures dance in a moonlit forest clearing around a small object on the ground. Tall trees surround them, and a person watches from behind a tree on the right. The scene feels mysterious and magical.
A worried girl holding a white lamb stands among dark sheep in a spooky forest, whilst a horned figure with glowing eyes looms behind her under a full moon.
A worried girl in folk clothing holds a white goat, surrounded by dark sheep with glowing eyes in a spooky forest. A horned, shadowy figure lurks behind her under a full moon.
A woman in a red gown and a man in elegant attire walk arm-in-arm at a grand, sunlit ballroom, smiling at each other whilst other guests mingle in the background.
A colourful painting of a castle-like building with towers, surrounded by green grass and a large tree in the foreground under a blue sky.
A smiling person with short brown hair wears a yellow shirt featuring a black cat graphic and stands indoors, with bookshelves and colourful items blurred in the background.

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