Who am I?

Good question. One I often ask myself ...

 

I was born in Belfast during the Troubles and grew up in Springfield Park, the last working class religiously mixed area of west Belfast. One of three children, my dad was a bus driver, my mum a shop assistant in Royal Avenue’s C&A department store.

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I left Belfast for London with £50 in one pocket and a dog-eared copy of Stephen King's The Stand in the other (I had big pockets). I jobbed in bars and restaurants and later worked as a writer in the software industry.

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Books:

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In 2017 my first thriller, SLEEPER was published by the Dome Press under the partial pseudonym, JD Fennell, and was shortlisted for the Amazing Book Awards. The follow up, SLEEPER: THE RED STORM, was published in 2018, and was shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize.

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In 2023, a revised edition of both books were published by Canelo as a one volume beautiful hardback collector's edition with red and black spredges (sprayed edges). You can order this online from any bookstore.

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My crime books include THE ART OF DEATH, SEE NO EVIL, THE SILENT MAN, and A VIOLENT HEART.

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Represented by: David H Headley @ The DHH Literary Agency

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