Gerald J. Tate
Gerald J Tate (born 6 February 1954, Belfast) is a Northern Irish horror writer, who is also a time served aircraft engineer.[1]
Writings[]
His first book, Cappawhite, was released in 2006, but then re-edited in 2009. Director Ron Howard has been in talks with the author since 2007. It was hoped Cappawhite would be made into a movie.[2]
His second, , was the follow-up, with both books winning Editors choice, for 2007 & 2008 with review of Panama City and Canada.[citation needed] He then brought out , an anthology of short stories. His latest published book, , was released on Oct 2009. From Sparta has been short listed for Book of the year 2010 with Spinetinglers publishing.[3] The final part of the Cappawhite trilogy, Dead Village will be released sometime in 2010.[4] He also has a short story in the published Spinetinglers anthology 2009, titled "".
He has also written a variety of children's stories which will be coming to publication soon. The volumes will have a collection of a dozen safety stories for children aged 7–11. He also writes poetry, and has a vast collection of over 100 poems which he has released on the Authorsden site.
References[]
- ^ Milton, Stephen (July 16, 2007), "Writes, camera action", The Sun, retrieved February 10, 2010
- ^ Milton, Stephen (January 19, 2007), "Hollywood beckoning for Gerald", The Sun, retrieved February 10, 2010
- ^ "Gerald J Tate's Page". Gerald J Tate's Page. Gerald J Tate's Page. Archived from the original on 4 March 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "Cappawhite". booksforfilm.ning.com/. http://booksforfilm.ning.com/. Retrieved 8 February 2013. External link in
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Bibliography[]
- Cappawhite (ISBN 1906755027, 2006)
- Beyond the Forest's Edge Cappawhite II (ISBN 1846670276, 2007)
- Hot Sand, Cool Sea: a Collection of Short Stories (ISBN 1846670284, 2007)
- FROM SPARTA (ISBN 144014852X, 2009)
- 1954 births
- Irish horror writers
- Living people
- Irish writer stubs