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GERALDINE O’CONNELL CUSACK
Geraldine O’Connell Cusack was born and raised in the South Bronx of New York City. She attended local city public schools and graduated from Notre Dame College of Staten Island with a BA degree in Political Science. She went on to earn an M.ED in Education from La Salle University of Louisiana.
GeraGeraldine’s life’s work began as an elementary school teacher in P.S. 43 on East 135th Street. She then moved on to writing native language learning materials for a bilingual education program with the Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida. She lived on Big Cypress Reservation for several years with her four daughters. Geraldine then moved to northern Chile where she directed an international education program in the Atacama Desert. She was eventually recruited by Irish Aid to develop locally produced learning materials for Tanzania’s primary schools. She lived and worked with her youngest daughter, Kaniah, in the Tanga Region of Tanzania for five years. Geraldine now lives and teaches in Dublin, Ireland.
Geraldine O’Connell Cusack’s published work includes a critically acclaimed memoir, Children of the Far-Flug. This work traces the emigration and return of four generations of her family, from Ireland to America and Australia and back again to Ireland. Her second book, Winds the Road North, follows the family as they make their lives as Irish aid workers in Africa. Her most recent work is the first book in a trilogy of fast-paced thrillers featuring two inner city Dublin boys, Paul Hughes and Dennis O’Shea.. Set in Dublin at the turn of the millenium, Spirits of Wood Quay takes its heroes back to the tumultuous days of the Viking invasions in Ireland. Geraldine has just completed work on the second book in this series, The Wrecker’s Cove, which finds the boys trapped in a harrowing misadventure in the villainous pirate coves of Cornwall.
Geraldine O’Connell Cusack is a sister of the late Deirdre O’Connell, founder of Dublin Focus Theatre and sister-in-law to Dubliner Luke Kelly. She was one of the recipients of the Top 100 Irish-American Awards presented by Senator Hillary Clinton in 2004.
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