Peadar Ó Guilín is an Irish novelist.
Life and work
Ó Guilín grew up in
County Donegal
County Donegal ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county of the Republic of Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is the northernmost county of Ireland. The county mostly borders Northern Ireland, sharing only a small b ...
though he went to school in
Clongowes Wood College
Clongowes Wood College SJ is a Catholic voluntary boarding school for boys near Clane, County Kildare, Ireland, founded by the Jesuits in 1814. It features prominently in James Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel '' A Portrait of the Artist ...
in
County Kildare
County Kildare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, 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 gove ...
.
He is now based in
Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
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 c ...
'', was published to critical acclaim in September 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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The Big Idea: Scalzi
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Writers from County Donegal
21st-century Irish people
Irish male novelists
Place of birth missing (living people)
People educated at Clongowes Wood College
Irish fantasy writers