Glenn Meade is an Irish author. He was born in

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in 1958. He has written fiction and plays.

Career

In the 1980s Meade wrote and directed a number of his own plays for the Strand Theatre in Dublin. He originally worked as a pilot trainer for

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, before becoming a journalist for ''

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'' newspapers. In 1994, he released his first novel, ''Brandenburg'', which garnered much critical acclaim. Meade now writes full-time. His books have been translated into 26 languages, including

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. His work ''The Second Messiah'' was published in English in summer 2011, by Simon & Schuster in New York. Meade divides his time between Ireland, and on occasion, the USA. He was one of the Irish delegates at the European Writers Conference in

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in 2010.

Bibliography

Fiction

* ''Brandenburg'' (1994) * '' Snow Wolf'' (1996) * ''The Sands of Sakkara'' (1999) * ''Resurrection Day'' (2002) * ''Web of Deceit'' (2004) * ''The Devil's Disciple'' (2006) * ''The Second Messiah'' (2011) * ''Seconds to Disaster'' (2012, with Ray Rohan) * ''The Romanov Conspiracy'' (2012) * ''The Last Witness'' (2014) * ''Unquiet Ghosts'' (2017)

References

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