Roisin McAuley is a BBC Radio Ulster and currently presents Sunday Sequence.
She grew up in Cookstown in County Tyrone went to a convent boarding school, and then to Queen's University Belfast to study history.
[1] She joined BBC Northern Ireland in 1969 and was the broadcaster's first Catholic female newsreader and announcer.
She has also produced and directed television documentaries for ITV and Channel 4 and written and presented programmes on BBC Radio 3 and 4.
[3] McAuley's first two novels, Singing Bird and Meeting Point, were sold at auction to Headline (world rights) who published in 2004 and 2005.