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'''Anne Chambers''' is an [[Ireland|Irish]] biographer, [[novelist]], and [[screenplay writer]] who lives and works in [[Dublin]], and is best known for her biography of the 16th-century Irish Pirate Queen, [[Grace O'Malley]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=http://www.graceomalley.com/index.php/about |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=www.graceomalley.com}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Chambers grew up in [[Castlebar|Castlebar, Ireland]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Healy |first=John |date=23 October 2018 |title=Chambers challenges Castlebar |url=https://www.mayonews.ie/comment-opinion/down-memory-lane/32841-chambers-challenges-castlebar |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=The Mayo News}}</ref> She has a master's degree in history from the Convent of Mercy Castlebar.<ref>[https://ie.linkedin.com/in/anne-chambers-6097b04b Profile] LinkedIn {{user generated source|date=April 2023}}</ref>

Chambers initially worked as an executive at [[Central Bank of Ireland|Central Bank]], but left the job to pursue writing.<ref name=":0" />

== Writing career ==
Chambers published a biography of [[Grace O'Malley]] (''Gráinne Ní Mháille'') in 1979.<ref name="granuaile"/> She has subsequently written several adaptations of this biography, including a play, a biopic, and a screenplay for a six part mini-series, which as of November 2022 was in development with [[Kirsten Sheridan|Kristen Sheridan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldsmith |first=Margie |date=22 November 2022 |title=Ireland's Most Famous Pirate Queen: Grace O'Malley |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/margiegoldsmith/2022/11/22/irelands-most-famous-pirate-queen-grace-omalley/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Margaret |date=2018-10-19 |title=First feminist: Pirate queen Grace O'Malley charts a bold course for women |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30876629.html |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref>

Chambers received the Wild Atlantic Words Hall of Fame Award in 2018.<ref name=":0" />

== Books ==
* ''Grace O'Malley : The Biography of Ireland's Pirate Queen 1530-1603'' (1979); Gill.<ref name="granuaile">{{Cite web |title=GRANUAILE |url=http://www.graceomalley.com/index.php/grace-omalley/granuaile |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=www.graceomalley.com}}</ref>
* ''Shadow Lord'' (2007); biography of [[Tibbot ne Long Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo]], Gráinne Ní Mháille's youngest son.
* ''Finding Tom Cruise'' (2007)
* ''Eleanor Countess of Desmond'' (2011)
* ''T.K. Whitaker: Portrait of a Patriot'' (2014)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chambers |first=Anne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iA2rAwAAQBAJ |title=T.K. Whitaker: Portrait of a Patriot |date=2014-09-26 |publisher=Transworld |isbn=978-1-4481-7053-1 }}</ref>
* The Great Leviathan: the life of Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo (1788-1845)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.graceomalley.com/index.php Official Internet Site]
*[http://AuthorAnneChambers.blogspot.com Official Blog]
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