Vanessa O'Loughlin

[1][2] During the post-2008 Irish economic downturn, the company was renamed The Inkwell Group and became a publishing consultancy.

[8][9][10] In 2015, the Bonnier Twenty7 signed O'Loughlin to write a three-book series of crime novels featuring Garda detective Cat Connolly and set in Dublin.

[11] The first book in the series was Little Bones, and was released, as were the two subsequent volumes, under the pen name Sam Blake.

[citation needed] In January 2020, standalone thriller Keep Your Eyes On Me was released by Corvus Books, together with an audio recording from Bolinda Publishing narrated by Harry Potter star Evanna Lynch.

[12] She moved to Ireland with her fiancé, a member of the Irish police force, Shane O'Loughlin, living first in Bray, County Wicklow, then in nearby Kilmacanogue; they have two children.