Caimh McDonnell

Caimh McDonnell is an Irish novelist. Born in Limerick and raised in Dublin, McDonnell is a former stand-up comedian and TV writer.^[1]^[2]^[3] McDonnell primarily writes comic crime thrillers.^[4]

His Stranger Times series, which melds urban fantasy, paranormal, and humour with crime, is written under the pen name of C.K McDonnell. ^[5]^[6]

McDonnell has written eleven novels while his TV writing credits include Have I Got News for You, Mock the Week, A League of Their Own, The Sarah Millican Television Programme, and the children's CBBC animated series which he created.^[7]

A Man With One of Those Faces, his debut novel, was nominated for best novel at the 2017 CAP awards.^[8]

His novel I Have Sinned was shortlisted for the Kindle Storyteller Award in 2019.^[9]

Novels[]

The Dublin Trilogy[]

A Man With One of Those Faces (2016)
The Day That Never Comes (2017)
Angels in the Moonlight (2017) (prequel)
Last Orders (2018)
Dead Man's Sins (2021)

McGarry Stateside Series[]

Disaster Inc (2018)
I Have Sinned (2019)
The Quiet Man (2020)

The Stranger Times (as C.K McDonnell)[]

The Stranger Times (2021)
This Charming Man (forthcoming, Jan 2022)

Stand-alone novels[]

The Final Game (2020)
Welcome to Nowhere (2020)

References[]

^ "C.K. McDonnell - Biography". Penguin. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
^ "Caimh McDonnell - Amazon". Amazon. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
^ "Book Review: The Day That Never Comes". The Quiet Knitterer. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
^ "Caimh McDonnell - About Caimh". Caimh McDonnell. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
^ "The best recent science fiction and fantasy reviews roundup". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "Colin Callender's Playground Nabs Rights to C.K. McDonnell's 'The Stranger Times'". Variety. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
^ "Johnson & Alcock". Johnson & Alcock. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ "Goodreads - Caimh McDonnell". Goodreads. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ "UK Kindle Storyteller Award shortlist revealed". The Bookseller. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

External links[]

WhiteHairedIrishman.com - Official Caimh McDonnell's website

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[Penguin-1] "C.K. McDonnell - Biography". Penguin. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

[amazon-2] "Caimh McDonnell - Amazon". Amazon. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

[quietknitterer-3] "Book Review: The Day That Never Comes". The Quiet Knitterer. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

[Caimh_McDonnell-4] "Caimh McDonnell - About Caimh". Caimh McDonnell. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

[The_Guardian-5] "The best recent science fiction and fantasy reviews roundup". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[Colin_Callender’s_Playground_Nabs_Rights_to_C.K._McDonnell’s_‘The_Stranger_Times’-6] "Colin Callender's Playground Nabs Rights to C.K. McDonnell's 'The Stranger Times'". Variety. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

[Johnson_&Alcock_Literary_Agency-7] "Johnson & Alcock". Johnson & Alcock. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

[Goodreads-8] "Goodreads - Caimh McDonnell". Goodreads. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

[The_Bookseller-9] "UK Kindle Storyteller Award shortlist revealed". The Bookseller. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

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