Seána Talbot
{{Short description|Northern Irish romance writer and charity administrator}}
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Seána Talbot is a Northern Ireland charity administrator and romance writer, using the pen name Catherine Tinley. She was president of the British charity National Childbirth Trust (NCT) from 2015 to 2019. Talbot has held various health management posts in Northern Ireland, and is the Northern Ireland County Director of the charity Parkinsons UK. She has written twelve romantic novels, and is the president of the Romance Novelists' Association (RNA).
Life
Seána Talbot is a charity administrator and romance writer. She qualified in speech and language therapy, and then worked as a therapist and in management in the NHS. In 2014, Talbot was appointed as non-executive director on the board of the Patient and Client Council.{{Cite web |title=NCT Trustee appointed to the Northern Ireland PCC {{!}} NCT |url=https://www.nct.org.uk/press-release/nct-trustee-appointed-northern-ireland-pcc |access-date=2017-03-03 |website=www.nct.org.uk |language=en}} She is former president of the British charity National Childbirth Trust (NCT).{{Cite web |title=New leadership team at NCT {{!}} NCT |url=https://www.nct.org.uk/press-release/new-leadership-team-nct |access-date=2017-03-02 |website=www.nct.org.uk |language=en}} Talbot became a member of NCT in 1995. She was elected as a trustee in 2009 {{Cite news |title=Goodmovers {{!}} Who is going where in the voluntary sector {{!}} 12 October 2015 |url=http://thirdforcenews.org.uk/features/goodmovers-who-is-going-where-in-the-voluntary-sector-5-october-2015 |access-date=2017-03-03 |work=Third Force News |language=en}} and subsequently as President in September 2015, at the annual general meeting. She was relected for a second term, but resigned in 2019 after differences of opinion about the broadening of the charity's scope.{{Cite news |last=Ferguson |first=Donna |date=2019-04-20 |title=National Childbirth Trust president quits in breastfeeding row |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/apr/20/national-childbirth-trust-nct-president-quits-breastfeeding-row |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}In 2025 she is the Northern Ireland County Director of the charity Parkinsons UK.{{Cite web |title=Our people in Northern Ireland |url=https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/about-us/our-people-northern-ireland |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Parkinson's UK |language=en}}
Writing
Talbot has written twelve romantic novels under the pen name Catherine Tinley, and was elected president of the Romance Novelists' Association in August 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-14 |title=Author from Newry announced as new Chair for the Romantic Novelists’ Association |url=https://www.newryreporter.com/arts-and-culture/books/author-from-newry-announced-as-new-chair-for-the-romantic-novelists-association-4741506 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Newry Reporter |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Tinley |first=Catherine |date=2024-08-18 |title=Seána Talbot appointed as Chair of Romantic Novelists Association |url=https://catherinetinley.com/2024/08/18/chair-of-the-romantic-novelists-association/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Catherine Tinley Author |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Romantic Novelists Association announces new chair |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/romantic-novelists-association-announces-new-chair |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}
In 2018 she was awarded the Rita Award by the Romance Writers of America for her debut novel Waltzing with the Earl. She was awarded the RNA’s Goldsboro Books Historical Romantic Novel Award in 2021, for novel Rags-to-Riches Wife, and their Historical Romantic Novel Award in 2022 for A Waltz with the Outspoken Governess.
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