Author: Gerard Beirne
Born: 1962
Bio: Gerard Beirne is an Irish author currently resident in Canada .

His novel The Eskimo in the Net http://www.marionboyars.co.uk/AUTHORS/Gerard%20Beirne.html was short-listed for the 2004 Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award[1]. It was selected by the Daily Express as Book of the Year.

His collection of poetry, Digging My Own Grave (published by Dedalus Press) was runner-up for the Patrick Kavanagh award. His story, Sightings of Bono, was adapted for Irish film and featured Bono (of U2).

Beirne's CD of spoken word poetry - If it's words you're after - was released in 2006. He is a past winner of two Sunday Tribune/Hennessey Literary Awards including as New Irish Writer of the Year 1996[2]. His collaboration with classical composer Siobhán Cleary (Hum), was called "a theatrical tour de force" by the Irish Times.

Beirne is currently the writer in residence at the University of New Brunswick.