Sarah Corbett Lynch is an award-winning Irish author, advocate, and public speaker whose work centres on children’s rights, kinship care, grief, and survivor-led change.
From a young age, Sarah has used her lived experience to inform, educate, and challenge systems that impact children and families. At just 13 years old, she wrote and self-published Noodle Loses Dad, a children’s book supporting young people through grief. The book led to national recognition, including a Garda Youth Award and a nomination for Limerick Person of the Year, and saw Sarah speak widely in schools across Ireland.
Her memoir, A Time for Truth, became a national and international bestseller, winning Biography of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards and being shortlisted as one of six titles for Irish Book of the Year. The book has been widely praised for its honesty, courage, and impact, and has contributed meaningfully to public conversations on coercive control, child protection, and justice.
Sarah is also an ambassador for The Shona Project and regularly speaks to young people, educators, professionals, and policymakers about grief, voice, resilience, and reform.
Sarah tailors each talk to the audience and setting. Core areas include:
Kinship Care & Children’s Rights
Lived experience insights into kinship care, identity, belonging, and the realities children face within care systems.
Grief & Children’s Grief
Supporting children and young people through loss, including how adults, schools, and services can respond with compassion and understanding.
Coercive Control & Family Dynamics
Understanding coercive control through a child’s perspective and the long-term impact on young people and families.
Finding Our Voices for Change
Empowering young people and survivors to speak, be heard, and influence meaningful change.
Dyslexia, Education & Self-Belief
Navigating education with dyslexia, challenging labels, and redefining intelligence and success.
Author of A Time for Truth
– Winner: Biography of the Year, An Post Irish Book Awards
– Shortlisted: Irish Book of the Year
Author of Noodle Loses Dad (children’s grief book, written and published at age 13)
National Garda Youth Award recipient
Limerick Person of the Year nominee
Ambassador for The Shona Project
Contributor to national and international conversations on children’s rights, grief, and coercive control
Sarah has spoken to and worked with:
Primary and secondary schools
Young people and youth organisations
Educators and school staff
Advocacy and community groups
Media and public forums
National organisations and statutory bodies
(Suitable for youth audiences, professional staff teams, and policy-focused settings)
Keynote talks (45–60 minutes)
Talks with Q&A (60–90 minutes)
Tailored sessions for professional teams
In-person or online delivery
All sessions are trauma-aware, respectful, and grounded in lived experience and insight.
