Aoife Dooley is an award winning illustrator, writer and comedian. She is best known for her graphic novel series Frankie’s World which was published by Scholastic in 2022. The story is loosely based on her 11 year old self and feeling different from others. Since it’s release it has received wide praise and has been translated into 7 languages. Aoife shares her own experiences around autism after getting a diagnosis in her late 20’s. She credits this discovery to helping her to finally understand herself for the first time.
She is also known for her Your One Nikita series which follows the life of a 22 year old woman and her friends from Coolock. She has published two books with Gill (2016 and 2017). In 2018 Your One Nikita was developed into an animated tv series for the RTE Player (animated and produced by Digital Beast). Aoife published her
She has spoken at a number of events covering a number of topics including Offset, Zeminar, Creative Events and more. She was a regular panellist on the Elaine show on Virgin Media and has experience with both live tv and radio. Aoife has also performed stand up comedy at festivals such as Vodafone Comedy Festival, Body & Soul, Electric Picnic and more.
