Ken Bruen is an Irish writer of hard-boiled and noir crime fiction. He was born in Galway, and educated at Gormanston College, County Meath and later at Trinity College Dublin, where he earned a Ph.D. in metaphysics. He spent twenty-five years as an English teacher in Africa, Japan, S.E. Asia and South America. His travels have been hazardous at times, including a stint in a Brazilian jail. Bruen is part of a literary circle that includes Jason Starr, Reed Farrel Coleman, and Allan Guthrie. Bruen's works include the well-received White Trilogy and the Shamus Award-winning The Guards. In... 2006, Hard Case Crime released Bust, a collaboration between Bruen and New York crime author Jason Starr. Bruen's short story "Words Are Cheap" appears in the first issue of Murdaland. He has also edited an anthology of stories set in Dublin, Dublin Noir. Other works of note include The Killing of the Tinkers, The Magdalen Martyrs, The Dramatist and Priest , all part of his Jack Taylor series, which began with The Guards.
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| Birthdate: | 1951 |
| Birthplace: | Galway |
| Age: | 61 |