User:Declan James Burke

Declan Burke (b.1969) has published three novels to date: Eightball Boogie (2003), The Big O (2007), and Absolute Zero Cool (2011). He is the editor of Down These Green Streets: Irish Crime Writing in the 21st Century (Liberties Press, 2011), and hosts a website dedicated to Irish crime fiction called Crime Always Pays.

Slaughter’s Hound (2012), a sequel to Eightball Boogie, will be published in 2012 by Liberties Press. Eightball Boogie will also be republished.

Awards / Nominations:

Eightball Boogie was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards, Crime Fiction (2003). Absolute Zero Cool was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards, Crime Fiction (2011). It was also shortlisted for the Goldsboro Last Laugh Award (2012).