


Maybe I’m a bit of a Shanchie myself, telling stories to anyone who will listen Author Bio Evelyn Bunting.” This storytelling began as an inspiration for Bunting and continues with her work. In Ireland, “There used to be Shanachies the shanachie was a storyteller who went from house to house telling his tales of ghosts and fairies, of old Irish heroes and battles still to be won. She went to school in Northern Ireland and grew up with storytelling. Her books are diverse in age groups, from picture books to chapter books, and topic, ranging from Thanksgiving to riots in Los Angeles. Eve Bunting, born in the small village of Maghera in Northern Ireland, 1928, is an author with more than 250 books.
