Peadar Ó Guilín

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Peadar Ó Guilín is an Irish novelist.

Life and work

Ó Guilín grew up in County Donegal though he went to school in Clongowes Wood College in County Kildare.{{cite web |url=https://perthfestival.com.au/perth-writers-festival/authors/peadar-o-guilin/ |title=PIAF 2017 Peadar O'Guilin |accessdate= 23 November 2016}} He is now based in Dublin where he works for a computer company.{{cite web |url=http://www.literatureireland.com/author-database/author-holder/show/263 |title=Literature Ireland |newspaper=Literature Ireland |accessdate= 22 November 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dublincity.ie/story/peadar-%C3%B3-guil%C3%ADn-interviewed |title=Peadar Ó Guilín Interviewed |newspaper=Dublin city |accessdate= 22 November 2016}} Raised speaking Irish and English, Ó Guilín is also fluent in French, and Italian. He has written a number of stories and novels. His first novel, The Inferior, was published to critical acclaim in September 2007 and translations into nine languages including Japanese and Korean.{{cite web |url=http://irishwriterscentre.ie/products/dystopian-fiction-with-peadar-o-guilin |title=Dystopian Fiction with Peadar Ó Guilín – Irish Writers Centre - Dublin, Ireland |newspaper=Irish writers centre |accessdate= 22 November 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/articles/serving-your-fellow-man-an-interview-with-peadar-oguilin/ |title=Strange Horizons - Serving Your Fellow Man: An Interview with Peadar O'Guilin |accessdate= 23 November 2016}} Before writing novels, Ó Guilín wrote a number of plays and worked on a weekly print comic with the artist Laura Howell, Sneaky, the Cleverest Elephant in the World, aimed at kids.{{cite web |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/fringe-festival-reviews-1.379972 |title=Fringe Festival Reviews |newspaper=Irish times |date=1 October 2003 |author= |accessdate= 23 November 2016}}

The Times Educational Supplement called his first novel "a stark, dark tale, written with great energy and confidence and some arresting reflections on human nature."

Bibliography

{{cite book|title=The Inferior|date=30 September 2010|publisher=RHCP|isbn=978-1-4090-4764-3}}
{{cite book|title=The Deserter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=whUMAaYazRoC|date=13 March 2012|publisher=Random House Children's Books|isbn=978-0-375-98936-0}}
{{cite book|title=Forever in the Memory of God: And Other Stories|date=15 February 2014|publisher=Kindle}}
{{cite book|title=The Volunteer|date=10 June 2014|publisher=CreateSpace |isbn=978-1499199529}}
{{cite book|title=The Call|date=30 August 2016|publisher=David Fickling Books|isbn=978-1338045611}}
{{cite book|title=The Invasion|date=27 March 2018|publisher=David Fickling Books|isbn=978-1910989647}}

Peadar Ó Guilín

Life and work

Bibliography

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