Eoin McNamee (b.1961) is an Irish writer from

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, 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

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* Booker-nominated ''The Blue Tango'' (London, Faber & Faber, 2001), which examined the murder of Lancelot Curran's 19-year-old daughter, Patricia Curran * ''The Ultras'' (Faber & Faber, 2004), about the killing of Robert Nairac * ''12:23'', based on the final days of

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(Faber & Faber, June 2007) * ''Orchid Blue'' (Faber & Faber, 2010), which looked at the last hanging in Ireland, in Crumlin Road gaol, of Robert McGladdery for the murder of 19-year-old Pearl Gamble, near

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, 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 The Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award is an annual award for Irish authors of fiction, established in 1995. It was previously known as the Kerry Ingredients Book of the Year Award (1995–2000), the Kerry Ingredients Irish Fiction Award ( ...

. 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. He has written for the television series ''

An Bronntanas ''The Gift'' ( ga, An Bronntanas) is a 2014 Irish thriller film directed by Tommy Collins. It was selected as the Irish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. Cast * Michelle Beamish as Roi ...

'', '' Red Rock'', ''

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

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