I was first published in a small magazine in Belfast at the age of 17. Actually, that’s a lie. I first published myself in a fanzine I edited at the age of 15. When I was 18, my fiction won a national writing award in Ireland and I’ve since been published by Heinemann and Minerva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had a few months off work once, and during that time I wrote a novel<\/a>. This is it. It’s relatively inexpensive, and all the money raised goes to the Northern Ireland Hospice, so do consider giving it a go if you like a decent thriller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There’s also some fiction posted sporadically on the blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was first published in a small magazine in Belfast at the age of 17. Actually, that’s a lie. I first published myself in a fanzine I edited at the age of 15. When I was 18, my fiction won a national writing award in Ireland and I’ve since been published by Heinemann and Minerva. … <\/p>\n![\"Of](\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51pq-lOcmVL.jpg\")
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