Alan Glynn is an

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writer born in 1960 in

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. Glynn studied English literature at

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Awards and honours

*2011

Irish Book Award The Irish Book Awards are Irish literary awards given annually to books and authors in various categories. In 2018 An Post took over sponsorship of the awards from Bord Gais Energy. It is the only literary award supported by all-Irish bookstores. ...

, Crime Fiction category, ''Bloodland''

Works

Novels

* ''

The Dark Fields ''The Dark Fields'' is a 2001 techno-thriller novel by Irish writer Alan Glynn. It was re-released in March 2011 under the title ''Limitless'', in order to coincide with its 2011 film adaptation.

'' (2001), republished as ''Limitless'' (2011) () * ''Winterland'' (2009) * ''Bloodland'' (2011) * ''Graveland'' (2013) * ''Paradime'' (2016) * ''Under the Night'' (2019), US Title: ''Receptor''

Adaptations

* '' Limitless'' (2011, by

Neil Burger Neil Norman Burger (born November 22, 1963) is an American filmmaker. He is known for the fake-documentary ''Interview with the Assassin'' (2002), the period drama '' The Illusionist'' (2006), '' Limitless'' (2011), and the sci-fi action film '' ...

). Was based on his novel ''

''. This film inspired a TV series with the same name that debuted on

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on September 22, 2015. After the success of the film, the novel was re-published under the name ''Limitless''.

References

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Glynn, Alan Living people Irish writers 1960 births People from Drumcondra, Dublin Alumni of Trinity College Dublin