Gerard O’Donovan

is a journalist and the author of a series of Dublin-based crime thrillers featuring Irish cop Mike Mulcahy and Siobhan Fallon, chief reporter on the Sunday Herald newspaper.

He was born in Cork and grew up in Dublin. After university and a brief career in the Irish civil service he travelled for a few years, working at everything from gherkin bottling to teaching English before eventually settling down to make a living as a journalist, critic and, now, author. Among the newspapers he has worked on are The Sunday Times and The Daily Telegraph.

In 2007 he was lucky enough to be shortlisted for a Debut Dagger award, the Crime Writers' Association's competition for unpublished novelists. That set in train events that led to his debut novel The Priest being published and becoming a bestseller in Ireland, the UK and other countries as far afield as the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Australia, the USA and Canada. His second book, also featuring Mike Mulcahy and Siobhan Fallon, is called Dublin Dead.

Praise for DUBLIN DEAD…

‘O’Donovan clearly knows how to write a crime story, and better still how to pace one.’ - The Sunday Times

Praise for THE PRIEST…

‘A sure command of plot and pacing, a lively sense of locale and a quirky sense of character…  compelling.’ –  Irish Independent

‘Fast-paced, exciting and thrilling, this is an impressive

debut’ – The Sunday Times

‘Well-paced and full of the set pieces crime fans adore,

O’Donovan’s first Mulcahy novel is a classy exploration of the melancholy cop story.’  – The Australian

An impressive debut, with a well paced plot and

enough twists to keep the reader interested until the last

page.’ – The Sunday Business Post

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Thanks to Mark Bolton who took my author photo:

www.markboltonphotography.co.uk