Declan Hughes (born 1963) is an
Irish novelist, playwright and screenwriter. He has been Writer-in-Association with the
Abbey Theatre in
Dublin and Irish Writer Fellow at
Trinity College, Dublin
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. He has written a series of crime novels featuring the
Irish-American detective
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Ed Loy. The name "Loy" is a homage to the character
Sam Spade
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His most recent novel is ''All the Things You Are'' (2014), which follows ''City of Lost Girls'' (2010), ''All the Dead Voices'' (2009), ''The Price of Blood'' (2008), ''The Dying Breed,'' ''The Color of Blood'' (2007) and ''The Wrong Kind of Blood'' (2006).
His plays include ''Shiver'' (2003), ''Digging for Fire'' and ''New Morning.''
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Hughes lives in Dublin with his wife and two daughters.[Kevin Burton Smith]
''January'' Magazine, June 2007.
Novels
* ''All The Things You Are'' (2014)
* ''City of Lost Girls'' (2010)
* ''All the Dead Voices'' (2009)
* ''Dying Breed'' (2008) - US title: The Price of Blood
* ''The Colour of Blood'' (2007)
* ''The Wrong Kind of Blood'' (2006)
Plays
* ''I Can't Get Started'' (1990)
* ''Digging for Fire'' (1991)
* ''New Morning'' (1992)
* ''Hallowe'en Night'' (1992)
* ''Love and a Bottle'' (1992)
* ''Twenty Grand'' (1998)
* ''Shiver'' (2003)
* ''The Last Summer'' (2012)
References
External links
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1963 births
Living people
Irish male novelists
Irish mystery writers
Irish male screenwriters
Irish male dramatists and playwrights
Shamus Award winners
20th-century Irish novelists
21st-century Irish novelists
20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights
21st-century Irish dramatists and playwrights
21st-century Irish screenwriters