Peadar Ó Guilín is an Irish novelist.
Life and work
Ó Guilín grew up in
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County Donegal, Ireland
* County Donegal, a county in the Republic of Ireland, part of the province of Ulster
* Donegal (town), a town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland
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though he went to school in
Clongowes Wood College in
County Kildare
County Kildare ( ga, Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county, ...
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He is now based in
Dublin where he works for a computer company.
Raised speaking Irish and English, Ó Guilín is also fluent in French, and Italian. He has written a number of stories and novels. His first novel, ''
The Inferior
''The Inferior'' is a 2007 novel by Peadar Ó Guilín. It begins as a fantasy novel, then develops characteristics generally attributed to science fiction novels. The book has been marketed as YA fiction.
Characters
*Stopmouth - the main cha ...
'', was published to critical acclaim in 2007 and translations into nine languages including Japanese and Korean.
Before writing novels, Ó Guilín wrote a number of plays and worked on a weekly print comic with the artist Laura Howell, ''Sneaky, the Cleverest Elephant in the World'', aimed at kids.
The ''Times Educational Supplement'' called his first novel "a stark, dark tale, written with great energy and confidence and some arresting reflections on human nature."
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from County Donegal
21st-century Irish people
Irish male novelists