Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin

Vanessa Fox O'Loughlin

Chair of the Management Committee

Term: 2024-2026

Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin is the founder of the multi-award-winning writing resources website Writing.ie, The Inkwell Group publishing consultancy and the Murder One International Crime Writing Festival. She is Ireland’s leading literary scout.

Vanessa conceived and developed the National Emerging Writer Programme for Dublin City of Literature, and was the lead consultant and presenter for WritersWebTV. Vanessa a past Chair of Irish PEN and writes crime as bestselling author Sam Blake. She is represented by Simon Trewin.