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Adrian McKinty

Adrian McKinty
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Adrian McKinty

Adrian McKinty was born and grew up in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, when terrorism in Ulster was at its height. Educated at Oxford University, he then immigrated to New York City, where he lived in Harlem for five years, working in bars and on construction crews, as well as a stint as a bookseller. He is the author of Hidden River and Dead I Well May Be, which was short-listed for the Crime Writers' Association Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award. He lives in Denver, Colorado.

Hidden River will be released on January 01, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Jan 01, 2011
Hidden River is now available in Trade Paperback
Jan 01, 2011
Dead I Well May Be is now available in Trade Paperback
Jul 25, 2010
Dead I Well May Be will be released on July 25, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Jul 25, 2010
Hidden River will be released on June 18, 2008 in eBook
Jun 18, 2008
Hidden River will be released on June 18, 2008 in eBook
Jun 18, 2008
Hidden River will be released on June 18, 2008 in eBook
Jun 18, 2008
Hidden River is now available in eBook
Jun 18, 2008
The Bloomsday Dead will be released on December 26, 2007 in Mass Market Paperback
Dec 26, 2007
The Bloomsday Dead is now available in Mass Market Paperback
Dec 26, 2007
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Dec 26, 2007
The Bloomsday Dead will be released on March 06, 2007 in eBook
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The Bloomsday Dead is now available in eBook
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Commander Bond, April 12, 2012
...successful and proven thriller writer, but nowhere near a household name (as Gardner was). I reckon Dan Fesperman, Adrian McKinty, John Creed, GM Ford, Simon Kernick, Adrian Matthews, Joel Ross and Kate Mosse all have the greatest chance of doing this:...
Booktrade - Book2Book, April 12, 2012
...Film/TV rights to Northern Irish noir writer Adrian McKinty's early-1980s, Belfast-set Sean Duffy Thriller trilogy have been optioned by Great Meadow Productions (Messiah, BBC1; Eureka Street, BBC2; Room at the Top, BBC4; Margaret, BBC4; Long Walk to...
Irish Independent, April 2, 2012
...also how they were driven there. The Cold, Cold Ground is the twelfth novel by migrant Irish writer Adrian McKinty, and it uses that chapter of the Troubles as a backdrop, quickening an otherwise genre work into something that sizzles with ambient dread....
Melbourne Age, February 10, 2012
...an Australian anthology, Hard Labour, ready for launch at the same time but that collection, including material by Adrian McKinty, Leigh Redhead, Garry Disher (a republication of the first Wyatt story), Angela Savage and Nette, has been delayed. Ashley...
WA Today, February 4, 2012
...new novel - the first of a planned trilogy - in Northern Ireland in the spring of 1981, Adrian McKinty is making a bold statement: there's no point choosing such a hyper-dramatic place and time if they're not going to be used to power the story like...
Brisbane Times, February 3, 2012
...new novel - the first of a planned trilogy - in Northern Ireland in the spring of 1981, Adrian McKinty is making a bold statement: there's no point choosing such a hyper-dramatic place and time if they're not going to be used to power the story like...
Carrickfergus Today, January 31, 2012
...on the success of recent years with the publication of the first in a new crime thriller trilogy. Adrian McKinty’s ‘The Cold Cold Ground’ is set against a backdrop of hunger strikes and power cuts in the Northern Ireland of spring 1981. It follows...
Melbourne Age, February 10, 2012
...an Australian anthology, Hard Labour, ready for launch at the same time but that collection, including material by Adrian McKinty, Leigh Redhead, Garry Disher (a republication of the first Wyatt story), Angela Savage and Nette, has been delayed. Ashley...
WA Today, February 4, 2012
...new novel - the first of a planned trilogy - in Northern Ireland in the spring of 1981, Adrian McKinty is making a bold statement: there's no point choosing such a hyper-dramatic place and time if they're not going to be used to power the story like...
Brisbane Times, February 3, 2012
...new novel - the first of a planned trilogy - in Northern Ireland in the spring of 1981, Adrian McKinty is making a bold statement: there's no point choosing such a hyper-dramatic place and time if they're not going to be used to power the story like...
Sydney Morning Herald, February 3, 2012
...new novel - the first of a planned trilogy - in Northern Ireland in the spring of 1981, Adrian McKinty is making a bold statement: there's no point choosing such a hyper-dramatic place and time if they're not going to be used to power the story like...
Irish Times, February 3, 2012
...to form from the old master that deserves to be measured against his finest work. The Carrickfergus writer Adrian McKinty plunges into the dark heart of Northern Ireland's Troubles in The Cold Cold Ground (?12.99, Serpent's Tail), as Det Sgt Sean Duffy...
Melbourne Age, February 3, 2012
...new novel - the first of a planned trilogy - in Northern Ireland in the spring of 1981, Adrian McKinty is making a bold statement: there's no point choosing such a hyper-dramatic place and time if they're not going to be used to power the story like...
Carrickfergus Today, January 31, 2012
...on the success of recent years with the publication of the first in a new crime thriller trilogy. Adrian McKinty’s ‘The Cold Cold Ground’ is set against a backdrop of hunger strikes and power cuts in the Northern Ireland of spring 1981. It follows...