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Sheila O'Flanagan (born 1958 in Dublin) is a fiction writer and journalist who writes for The Irish Times.

She was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her career started in financial services at the Central Bank of Ireland, and was in time promoted to Chief Dealer, trading things like foreign currency, bonds and options. She wrote her first book in her thirties. She was offered a contract with an Irish publisher and gave up her job in financial trading.

She is a competitive Badminton player in Ireland and has served on the Irish Sports Council Board.

In 2011 she received the Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year Award for All for You.