Sunday, March 30, 2025

Irish Author Bruen Passes On

This is terrible news for a Sunday morning: “The hugely popular Galway crime writer Ken Bruen has died at the age of 74.”
Best known as the man behind the Jack Taylor crime series, he was the author of more than 50 books over a stellar career that made him one of the most prominent Irish crime writers of the last two decades.

He was a past winner of the prestigious Shamus Award for best crime novel of the year; he also won the Macavity Award, the Barry Award, the Edgar Award — an award he was also shortlisted for earlier in his career.
More information is available from Ireland’s Connacht Tribune.

READ MORE:Is This the Last of Jack Taylor?” by Peter Handel (The Rap Sheet); “‘A Great Loss’—Tributes for ‘Pioneer’ Galway Crime Writer Ken Bruen as Author Dies Aged 74,” by Jessica Mercer (Irish Independent); “The Crime Lady: Remembering Ken Bruen,” by Sarah Weinman; “Ken Bruen (1951-2025),” by Dana King (One Bite at a Time).

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