Taylor, Patrick 

Patrick Taylor was born in 1941 and brought up in Bangor, Co. Down. His works of fiction include a short story collection, Only Wounded: Ulster Stories(Key Porter, 1997). His novels are Pray for Us Sinners (Ontario, Insomniac Press, 2000); Now and in the Hour of Our Death (Insomniac Press, 2005): An Irish Country Doctor (New [...]

Thompson, Neville 

Neville Thompson was born in Ballyfermot, Dublin, in 1961. His novels include loves Johnser OK? (Dublin, Poolbeg 1997); Two Birds/One Stoned (Dublin: Poolbeg 1999); Have Ye No Homes to Go To? (Poolebeg, 1999); Mama’s Boys (Mullingar, Killynon House Books, 2006); and A Simple Twist of Fate (Killynon House Books, 2007). His plays include Sex, Lies [...]

Thompson, Kate 

Kate Thompson was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, in 1956. She has published one collection of poetry, There is Something (USA, The Signpost Press/Galway, Salmon Poetry, 1992); and three adult novels, Down Among the Gods (London, Virago Press, 1997); Thin Air (London, Sceptre, 1999); and An Act of Worship (Sceptre, 2000). She has published a number [...]

Tinley, Bill 

Bill Tinley was born in Chicago in 1965, and moved with his family to Wicklow in 1970. He received the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award in 1996. His poems are collected as Grace (New Island Books, 2001). His doctoral thesis is on Derek Mahon. He lives in Maynooth, Co. Kildare. Image Search: Bill Tinley Bill Tinley’s [...]

Tóibín, Colm 

Colm Tóibín was born in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford in 1955. His novels are The South (London, Serpent’s Tail, 1990; New York, Viking, 1991); The Heather Blazing (London, Picador, 1992; New York, Viking, 1993); The Story of the Night (Picador 1997); The Blackwater Lightship (Picador, 1999) for which he was shortlisted for The Booker Prize, 1999; [...]

Toman, Edward 

Edward Toman was born in Northern Ireland. His novels are Shambles Corner (London, Flamingo, 1993); and Dancing in Limbo (Flamingo, 1995). He lives in London. Edward Toman books at Amazon.co.uk Edward Toman books at Amazon.com

Tracy, Honor 

Honor Lilbush Wingfield Tracy was born in Suffolk, England, in 1913. Her novels include The Straight and Narrow Path (London, Methuen / New York, Random House 1958); A Number of Things (Methuen / Random House, 1960); A Season of Mists (Methuen / Random House, 1961); The First Day of Friday (Methuen / Random House, 1963); [...]

Traynor, Shaun 

Shaun Traynor was born in Aghadowey, County Derry, in 1941. His poetry collections include The Hardening Ground (London, Martin, Brian & O’Keeffe, 1974); and Images in Winter (Martin Brian & O’Keeffe, 1979). He has written several novels for children, including Hugo O’Huge (London, Metheun, 1984); The Children’s Giant (Metheun, 1989); The Giant’s Olympics (Metheun, 1987); [...]

Tremayne, Peter 

Peter Tremayne is the fiction writing pseudonym of the Celtic scholar and author Peter Berresford Ellis. He was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, in England, on March 10, 1943. His father was a Cork-born journalist who started his career on the Cork Examiner. A prolific writer, Peter has now published a total of almost 80 books, [...]

Trevor, William 

William Trevor (birth name William Trevor Cox) was born in Mitchelstown Co Cork in 1928. His novels include The Old Boys (London, The Bodley Head, 1964), which won The Hawthornden Prize; The Boarding House (The Bodley Head, 1965); The Love Department (The Bodley Head, 1966); Mrs Eckdorf in O’Neills Hotel (The Bodley Head, 1969); Miss [...]