JP O'Rourke

JP O'Rourke was born in Newry, Co Down in 1982. He attended the Abbey Grammar School and later University College Dublin. His work has previously been short-listed for the William Trevor Short Story Award and published in the anthology Crossings. His first novel, Eamonn Lavelle: Lust for Power, is the story of a fourteen year old boy obsessed with history and politics. He lives in Dublin.