January 3, 1951 - March 29, 2025
Irish novelist, short story writer, editor and teacher
Author of "The Guards" (for which he was a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel in 2004), "Priest" (for which he won the Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel in 2007 and was a finalist for the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Novel in 2008) and "The Emerald Isle"