Brian McGilloway

Brian McGilloway is an author hailing from Derry, Northern Ireland. He studied English at Queens University Belfast, where he was very active in student theatre, winning a prestigious national Irish Student Drama Association award for theatrical lighting design in 1996. He is currently Head of English at St. Columb's College, Derry. [cite news|url=http://www.derryjournal.com/features/McGilloway-on-the-run.3881033.jp|title=McGilloway on the run|last=DOHERTY|first=HARRY|date=2008-03-14|publisher=Derry Journal|accessdate=2008-05-31] [cite web|url=http://www.stcolumbs.com/Portal.aspx?tabindex=133&tabid=4130&parentid=4081|title=St Columb's College Derry - English|accessdate=2008-05-31] McGilloway's debut novel was a crime thriller called "Borderlands". "Borderlands" was shortlisted for a Crime Writers' Association Dagger award for a debut novel. [cite news|title=Dark fiction that knows no boundaries|last=Burke|first=Declan |date=2007-10-28|work=The Sunday Times]

In 2007 McGilloway signed with Pan Macmillan to write three crime thrillers in his Inspector Devlin series. [cite journal|date=2007-03-23|title='No-frills' authors move to Pan|journal=Bookseller|issue=Issue 5273|pages=p10|issn=00067539] The sequel to "Borderlands", "Gallows Lane", was published in April, 2008.

External links

* [http://www.brianmcgilloway.com/ Brian McGilloway home page]

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