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Paul Howard is an award-winning journalist, author and creator of the cult character Ross O’Carroll-Kelly. Howard studied criminology in college and his first writing job was composing postcard captions for John Hinde Limited. He worked for sixteen years as a reporter, mostly for The Sunday Tribune, first in news and later as a sports writer, covering two Olympics, a World Cup and numerous major sporting events. He was named Sports Journalist of the Year in the 1998 Irish Media Awards for an investigation into eating disorders among Irish athletes and a major interview piece with Ben Johnson. He was also shortlisted for the award in 2002, 2003 and 2004.
He is the author of several best-selling non-fiction books, including The Joy (the true story of an inmate’s life in Mountjoy Prison), The Gaffers (an account of the fractious relationship between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy) and Hostage (a book about the IRA kidnappings in the 1970s and 1980s). He also worked with Steve Collins and George Hook on their autobiographies Celtic Warrior and Time Added On.
The sixth book in the Ross O’Carroll-Kelly series, Should Have Got Off At Sydney Parade, won the Irish Book Award for Popular Fiction in 2007. This Champagne Mojito Is The Last Thing I Own, and Mr S and the Secrets of Andorra’s Box were both shortlisted for the award in 2008 and 2009. Howard also wrote the award-winning play, The Last Days of the Celtic Tiger, which played in front of packed houses for two sold out runs in the Olympia Theatre and a sold-out visit to the Cork Opera House in 2008. Rhino What You Did Last Summer, the eleventh book in the series, was published in September 2009 and, in keeping with the series, became an instant bestseller in Ireland. |
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