• Ken Bruen (born 1951) is an Irish writer of hardboiled and noir crime fiction. Born in Galway, he was educated at Gormanston College, County Meath and...
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  • and David Morrissey. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Ken Bruen, which features his recurring characters Detective Sergeant Tom Brant...
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    Best Graphic Novel. Starr is part of a literary circle that includes Ken Bruen, Daniel Woodrell, Wallace Stroby, Alan Glynn, Ed Brubaker, Lee Child,...
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  • 1835–1837, 1840–1852 his son Henry Bruen (1828–1912), MP for County Carlow 1857–1880 Ken Bruen (born 1951), Irish writer John Bruen (1560–1625), English Puritan...
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  • Jack Taylor is an Irish mystery television drama based on the novels by Ken Bruen. Set in Galway, it features Iain Glen in the eponymous role of Jack Taylor...
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  • and directed by William Monahan (in his directorial debut), based on Ken Bruen's 2001 novel of the same name. The film stars Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley...
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    in the Irish TV crime series Jack Taylor, adapted from the novels by Ken Bruen, and set in Galway, Ireland. In the 2012 BBC drama series Prisoners' Wives...
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    Also in 2011, Considine appeared as Porter Nash in the adaptation of the Ken Bruen novel Blitz, as well as starring as Jack Whicher in The Suspicions of...
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    Ó Direáin, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Liam O'Flaherty, Pádraic Ó Conaire and Ken Bruen are well-known writers in both English and Irish with a connection to...
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    available as Coleman titles. He has written the stand-alone novels Tower with Ken Bruen, Bronx Reqiem with Det. (ret.) John Roe of the NYPD, Gun Church, and several...
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  • champion Sister Mary Bonaventure Browne, Poor Clares nun and historian Ken Bruen, author Peadar de Burca, actor, playwright, comedian Joe Burke All Ireland...
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  • Dominic Monaghan and the late Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist, is based upon Ken Bruen's 2014 novel Merrick, and follows Tommy Conley (Monaghan), an NYPD detective...
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    fiction authors. Novelists interviewed include James Ellroy, Dan Brown, Ken Bruen, Michael Connelly, Liza Cody, George Pelecanos, Walter Mosley, Dennis...
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  • which is the 2nd episode, 3rd season of Inspector Morse (1989). In 2001 Ken Bruen cites the poem admiringly in his novel The Guards. In 2002, Katherine...
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    Jack Taylor, an Irish television drama based on a series of novels by Ken Bruen including "The Magdalen Martyrs" (2011), and "The Dramatist" (2013). Áine...
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  • Golden, writers include Joe R. Lansdale, China Miéville, Barbara Hambly, Ken Bruen, Amber Benson, and Tad Williams, July 2008) Hellboy: The Fire Wolves (written...
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  • Bones Manda Scott No Good Deed 2004 Ian Rankin Resurrection Men Winner Ken Bruen The Guards Shortlist Michael Connelly Lost Light Natsuo Kirino Out Jacqueline...
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    The Magdalen Martyrs is a 2003 crime novel written by Ken Bruen. In the third episode of Bruen's Jack Taylor series, Jack Taylor is given a mission: "Find...
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    Boulevard, released in 2010, which he also produced. An adaption of a Ken Bruen work by the same name, it was received with both criticism and praise...
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  • Schwinger April 2006 2006 0-8439-5590-2 First publication anywhere 020 Bust Ken Bruen and Jason Starr Richard B. Farrell May 2006 2006 0-8439-5591-0 First publication...
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  • James W. Hall Blackwater Sound St. Martin’s Press, New York 2002 2004 Ken Bruen The Guards Brandon, Dingle Co. Kerry /Ireland 2001 2005 Ed Wright While...
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    and cast as "The Drowned Trout", in 2000. In 2001, London Boulevard, by Ken Bruen, was published. Kennington is a setting within the novel, and features...
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    character Winnie quote from Herrick's "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time". Ken Bruen in his debut novel Rilke on Black makes Herrick's two-line poem "Dreams"...
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    on to portray DI Craig Stokes in Blitz (2011), the film adaptation of Ken Bruen's novel of the same name, in which he starred with Jason Statham and Paddy...
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    Result Ref. 2010 Stieg Larsson The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Winner Ken Bruen The Guards Finalist Michael Connelly The Lincoln Lawyer Finalist Dennis...
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    a leading light of the "new wave" of Irish crime novelists along with Ken Bruen, Declan Hughes and John Connolly. He often uses the classic noir tropes...
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  • James O'Brien Fredric Brown (1906–1972, US) Pat Brown (born 1955, US) Ken Bruen (born 1951, Ir) John Buchan (1875–1940, Sc) John Bude (1901–1957, E),...
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  • Dave Zeltserman and Duane Swierczynski. It received high praise from Ken Bruen in its first year. Although based in North America, Point Blank publishes...
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  • Princess by Camilla Läckberg (Isprinsessan, Sweden, 2002) 2009 – Priest by Ken Bruen (UK, 2006) 2010 – Twilight by William Gay ( US, 2006) 2011 – Limassol...
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  • Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973) John Boyne (born 1971) Maeve Brennan (1916–1993) Ken Bruen (born 1951) Shan Bullock (1865–1935) Angela Bourke (born 1952) Anne Burke...
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