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Lucy Kennedy

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Lucy Kennedy

Lucy Kennedy is a powerhouse on the Irish entertainment scene.

From her debut on RTE television, through her candid interviews on Living with Lucy, which has been running for nine years, as well as the Lucy Kennedy Show, she has forged a career in radio, television, social media and books. She currently co-presents the breakfast show on Classic Hits FM with Colm Hayes and has a massive listenership.


Writing has always been Lucy's passion and six years ago, she embarked on the hugely successful Friendship Fairies series for children. Seven novels in, the series regularly tops the bestseller lists. She has no plans to stop writing about the adventures of Emme, Holly and Jess.


The beginning of her second children’s book series, Under the Floorboards of 39A, featuring Joey and Freddie O’Brien, nine-year-old twin elves who get up to all sorts of mischief together, was published by Gill in February 2026


Lucy’s much-anticipated debut novel for adults, The Mini Breakers was published by Bonnier/Eriu on the 30th April 2026. A warm, sharp, wickedly funny story about the friendships of five women and one annual holiday that promises escape, connection and chaos in equal measure.



Praise for The Mini Breakers


“Fresh, fun and thoroughly enjoyable!”

Sinéad Moriarty

“An often hilarious but heartfelt look at female friendship, with sharply observed characters pitched against the backdrop of the midlife pressures to balance home, career and protein goals”

The Times

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The Mini Breakers

Five women.
Twenty-two years of friendship.
One annual holiday that promises escape, connection and chaos in equal measure.

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Under the Floorboards of 39A

Do you believe in magic? Well, you just need to look beneath your feet … because under the creaky floorboards of lots and lots of houses in Ireland, but most particularly under those of a house called 39A Cove Street in Dublin, there lives a whole community of little elves, working and making magic from all the things you drop between the cracks!

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The Friendship Fairies Save Christmas

There’s much excitement in the Dixon household as the Friendship Fairies’ dad has bought his own bakery – and he’s planning on opening it just in time for Christmas!

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The Friendship Fairies Go To Paris

The Friendship Fairies – sisters Emme, Holly and Jess – are off to Paris with their parents, exchanging homes with a French family for a month. The girls are having a brilliant time exploring the city, until disaster strikes and they have to track down their host family’s precious pet octopus, who someone seems to have let out accidentally …

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Jess Gets Her Wings

Little Jess is about to have her very first flying lesson! But before she can get her flying licence, she must complete three simple tasks – from helping her neighbour Mr Snail mend a light, to finding a ladybird’s missing spot and saving a fallen star stuck in a tree.

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The Friendship Fairies Go To Camp

It’s summer, and the Friendship Fairies, Emme, Holly and Jess, are off to Camp Tír na nÓg to help Sir Prize mind his animals and learn lots about looking after the environment.

But the Barns boys are going too, so you can be sure there’ll be trouble!

Will Emme be able to help clean the ocean? Will Jess meet the magical people who live in the forest? But most importantly, will Holly manage to earn the trust of Riley, the rescued Chunga-Wunga?

As always with the Friendship Fairies, it’s going to be an adventure!

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The Friendship Fairies Go to Sea

Meet the Friendship Fairies – sisters Emme, Holly and Jess.

They’re just like regular girls, always messing and having fun, but they’re also fairies.

Their mum works as a spy and she has a new case to crack – and this time she’s taking the Friendship Fairies along with her, to a little island off Connemara!

All the girls know is that they’re going out to sea and that they need to take their swimsuits …
Can Emme, Holly and Jess help their mum solve the mystery?

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The Friendship Fairies Go To School

Lucy Kennedy’s Friendship Fairies are back with brand new adventures!

Summer is over and it’s time for Emme, Holly and Jess to go back to school. Emme is nervous about her new school, Belle-Spell Castle. She doesn’t know anyone and misses her sisters. Holly and Jess still have a lot to learn at the Magic Manor, but lessons are getting harder.

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The Friendship Fairies

Emme, Holly and Jess are just like regular girls, always messing and having fun. But they’re also fairies, and instead of regular schooling they go to friendship classes, where they learn all about being kind and having good manners. Then they’re sent out into the human world to teach children what they’ve learned. Of course, it’s not always easy being good! Will they ever be able to graduate from fairy school?

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MARIANNE GUNN O'CONNOR
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