Sperrin College Teacher launches her Teen Trilogy

Death & Co pays a visit to SperrinCollege!

Sperrin Integrated College are delighted to launch ‘Death  & Co’, the first book in a ‘teen’ trilogy penned by Debbie (DJ) McCune, a Sperrin teacher and now a published author.  Debbie is Head of Religious Studies at Sperrin College and in the summer of 2012 she quietly secured an international three-book deal with Hot Key Books.

Debbie wished to launch ‘Death & Co’ in her school which provided her with a vast array of ideas and inspiration.  She has been off on maternity leave for the past few months and arrived at Sperrin College on Wednesday 5 June as an author, she will return to her teaching post before the end of June.

Pupils and staff  heard Debbie talk at great length about the book, where her ideas came from, the characters and the inspiration for the theme of the trilogy.  Debbie  says that Religion has been a main thread through her first book, ‘Death & Co’.   Debbie also read extracts from her book to a mesmerised audience of Sperrin pupils and staff and held a ‘Questions and Answers’ session with pupils afterwards.

Debbie McCune was born in Belfast and grew up in Carrickfergus, a seaside town just north of the city. As a child she liked making up stories and even wrote some down, including a thriller about a stolen wallaby. At school she hated doing homework, except writing stories for English – which were long enough to make her teachers weep. Debbie read Theology at Trinity College, Cambridge but mostly just read lots of books. Debbie lives in Portstewart with her husband, daughter – and two cats with seven legs between them.

‘Death & Co’ has received fantastic reviews with some commenting that ‘I loved every minute of it, not knowing what was going to happen and then finding out.  This book made me laugh and cry.  I would strongly recommend this book.’

Literary review agents have tipped the ‘Death & Co’ trilogy to be the next big thing!