Eoin McNamee (b.1961) is an Irish writer from Kilkeel, County Down,

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who has written numerous novels and screenplays. He was awarded the Macauley Fellowship for Irish Literature in 1990. He lives in

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Career

Novellas

* ''The Last of Deeds'' (Dublin, Raven Arts Press, 1989), which was shortlisted for the 1989 Irish Times/Aer Lingus Award for Irish Literature, * ''Love in History'' (Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1992).

Novels

* ''Resurrection Man'' (London, Picador, 1994), which detailed the bloodletting of the

Ulster Volunteer Force The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group. Formed in 1965, it first emerged in 1966. Its first leader was Gusty Spence, a former British Army soldier from Northern Ireland. The group undertook an armed campaign ...

gang, the

Shankill Butchers The Shankill Butchers were an Ulster loyalist gang—many of whom were members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)—that was active between 1975 and 1982 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was based in the Shankill area and was responsible for t ...

* Booker-nominated ''The Blue Tango'' (London, Faber & Faber, 2001), which examined the murder of

Lancelot Curran Major Sir Lancelot Ernest Curran (8 March 1899 – 20 October 1984, leighrayment.com; accessed 26 September 2017.) was a Northern Ireland High Court judge and parliamentarian. He was elected as Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for Carrick ...

's 19-year-old daughter, Patricia Curran * ''The Ultras'' (Faber & Faber, 2004), about the killing of

Robert Nairac Captain Robert Laurence Nairac (31 August 1948 – 15 May 1977) was a British Army officer in the Grenadier Guards who was abducted from a pub in Dromintee, south County Armagh, during an undercover operation and killed by the Provisional Irish ...

* ''12:23'', based on the final days of

Diana, Princess of Wales Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her ac ...

(Faber & Faber, June 2007) * ''Orchid Blue'' (Faber & Faber, 2010), which looked at the last hanging in Ireland, in

Crumlin Road gaol HMP Belfast, also known as Crumlin Road Gaol, is a former prison situated on the Crumlin Road in north Belfast, Northern Ireland. Since 1996 it is the only remaining Victorian era former prison in Northern Ireland. It is colloquially known as ' ...

, of

Robert McGladdery Robert Andrew McGladdery (18 October 193520 December 1961) was the last person to be executed in Northern Ireland and the island of Ireland. He was convicted of the murder of Pearl Gamble, aged 19, whom he had battered, strangled and stabbed ...

for the murder of 19-year-old Pearl Gamble, near

Newry Newry (; ) is a city in Northern Ireland, divided by the Clanrye river in counties Armagh and Down, from Belfast and from Dublin. It had a population of 26,967 in 2011. Newry was founded in 1144 alongside a Cistercian monastery, althoug ...

, in 1961 * ''Blue Is the Night'' (published in 2014), which deals with the involvement of Lancelot Curran in a murder trial in the Northern Ireland of the late 1940s. ''Blue Is the Night'' won the 2015 Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year. Children's books Navigator trilogy , for children, '' The Navigator'', ''City of Time'' and ''The Frost Child''. McNamee commenced writing another series for children, the first book of which is ''The Ring of Five'', and the second of which is ''The Unknown Spy'', both of which are based on plotting and espionage. He has also written a series under the pseudonym John Creed: * ''The Sirius Crossing'' * ''The Day of the Dead'' * ''Black Cat Black Dog''. These feature the character of intelligence officer Jack Valentine.

Screenwriting

The film version of '' Resurrection Man'', for which he wrote the script, was released in 1998. That same year, McNamee also wrote the script for '' I Want You'', a crime film directed by

Michael Winterbottom Michael Winterbottom (born 29 March 1961) is an English film director. He began his career working in British television before moving into features. Three of his films—''Welcome to Sarajevo'', ''Wonderland'' and ''24 Hour Party People''—h ...

. He has written for the television series '' An Bronntanas'', '' Red Rock'', ''

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'' and the Netflix series '' Vikings: Valhalla''.

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* 1961 births Living people People from Kilkeel British television writers British male novelists British male screenwriters British male television writers Male novelists from Northern Ireland Screenwriters from Northern Ireland Television writers from Northern Ireland {{Ireland-writer-stub