Meet the Team

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Declan (Founder)

Writerful Books is led by Declan and a team of editors who care as much about the person behind the manuscript as the manuscript itself. Here’s who we are and why we do what we do.

Declan is originally from Dublin but has spent most of his adult life living abroad  in Amsterdam, London, San Francisco, Melbourne, and Salvador, Brazil. He began his career in journalism and editing at a national newspaper in the 1990s, where his late father was deputy editor.

He founded Writerful Books in 2010 and has worked as a professional editor ever since, helping award-winning and bestselling authors bring their manuscripts to life.

A Living Faith

My hope is anchored in a real, living relationship with Jesus Christ. Not long ago, I went through a severe six-month season of health challenges that left me completely isolated. When my own strength ran out, the Holy Spirit met me, not just with comfort, but with a supernatural peace that clearly prompted me to step forward in faith.

On July 1st, 2026, my birthday, I went down to White Rock Beach in Dublin and was baptised burying my old life in the water and rising into a new one. I am alive, healed in spirit, and filled with joy, because the resurrection power of Jesus is a tangible reality to me now, not a theory.

I’m not blind to the suffering in this world; we live in a beautiful but fallen one. But my hope rests on the promises of Scripture that Christ died for our sins, rose physically from the dead, and is returning to make all things new. That certainty doesn’t make me passive about today; it frees me to live it with gratitude, and to bring that same conviction to the writers and stories I work with.

This is also why Writerful Books now exists to serve Christian authors specifically. I want the work I do and the books that carry our name to reflect what I actually believe, not simply what the market rewards.

Carrie (Editorial Manager)

Carrie’s background is in the legal arena. Having a passion for reading and being a book award judge with an innate sense for good fiction, the obvious next step was to trade her eagle eye at a law firm for more bookish pursuits at Writerful Books. Carrie currently lives in Melbourne.

We’re always looking for beta readers, editors, and guest writers who share a heart for Christian fiction and non-fiction. If that’s you, submit a guest post or get in touch below..

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