Want fewer ads?

Eoin McNamee (Kilkeel, County Down, 1961) is an Irish writer.

He has written two novellas, The Last of Deeds and Love in History (Raven Arts Press, Dublin), which was shortlisted for the 1989 Irish Times/Aer Lingus Award for Irish Literature; and four novels, Resurrection Man (London, Picador, 1994); The Blue Tango (London, Faber & Faber, 2001); The Ultras (Faber & Faber, 2004); and 12.23. Paris. 31 August 1997, his most recent novel based on the final days of Diana, Princess of Wales (Faber & Faber, June 2007). He has also written the Navigator trilogy, for young adults, The Navigator, City of Time and The Frost Child.

The film version of Resurrection Man, for which he wrote the script, was released in 1998.

McNamee also wrote the script for I Want You, a film directed by Michael Winterbottom.

He has also written a series under the pseudonym John Creed. The Sirius Crossing; The Day of the Dead and Black Cat Black Dog. These feature the character of intelligence officerJack Valentine.

He was awarded the Macauley Fellowship for Irish Literature in 1990. He lives in Co Sligo.

This author page uses material from the Wikipedia article "Eoin Mcnamee", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0