Glenn Meade is an Irish author. He was born in Finglas, Dublin in 1957. In the 1980s he wrote and directed a number of his own plays for the Strand Theatre in Dublin. He originally worked as a pilot trainer for Aer Lingus, before becoming a journalist for the Irish Times and Irish Independent. In 1994, he released his first novel, Brandenburg, which garnered much critical acclaim. Meade now writes full-time.
His books have been translated into many languages, including Swedish, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Turkish.
In total, Meade has been translated into 26 languages. His next work, THE SECOND MESSIAH, will be published in English in summer 2011, by Simon & Schuster in New York.Meade divides his time between Ireland, and on occasion the USA.