Life
1963- ;b. Belfast; took MA in Creative
Writing under Malcolm Bradbury (UAE); critic for The Guardian to
1996; British Council writer-in-residence at the Swedish University, Finland,
1995; Winner of Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, 1995; issued The
Miracle Shed (1995), stories; winner of Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize
from Spectator for travel writing, 1999; winner of Society of
Authors Awards 1996, 2003; regular contributor to the Spectator.
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Works
The Miracle Shed (Faber 1995), 175pp. [stories].
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Criticism
Jason Cowley, review of The Miracle Shed in Independent
(14 Jan. 1995).
Nicholas Wroe, review of The Miracle Shed in Times Literary Supplement (27 Jan. 1995), [q.p.]
John Boland, ‘Bookworm’, Irish Times (16 March 1996).
Sundry reviews of The
Miracle Shed (1995): ‘beautiful and compulsive narratives…
you won’t want to stop for a breath.’ (The Observer.);
‘His originality dazzles.’ (London Independent.);
‘his weirdly beautiful style inspires optimism, lifting the spirit
as great art does. He’s an immensely talented and original writer.’
(Time Out.)‘Really blazes: this is what literature is about.’
( The Guardian.)
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)