Kealan Patrick Burke was born and raised in Dungarvan, Ireland. He is best known as an award-winning author described as "a newcomer worth watching" by Publishers Weekly. Some of his works include the novels CURRENCY OF SOULS, MASTER OF THE MOORS, and THE HIDES (Bram Stoker Award nominee), the novellas THE TURTLE BOY (Bram Stoker Award Winner,...
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Kealan Patrick Burke was born and raised in Dungarvan, Ireland. He is best known as an award-winning author described as "a newcomer worth watching" by Publishers Weekly. Some of his works include the novels CURRENCY OF SOULS, MASTER OF THE MOORS, and THE HIDES (Bram Stoker Award nominee), the novellas THE TURTLE BOY (Bram Stoker Award Winner, 2004), VESSELS, and MIDLISTERS, and the collections RAVENOUS GHOSTS and THE NUMBER 121 TO PENNSYLVANIA & OTHERS. He has also sold fiction to a number of publications, including Postscripts, Cemetery Dance, Grave Tales, Shivers II, Shivers III, Shivers IV, Looking Glass, Masques V, Subterranean #1, Evermore, Inhuman, Horror World, Surreal Magazine, and Corpse Blossoms.
Aside from his accomplishments as an author, Kealan also edited the anthologies: TAVERNS OF THE DEAD (Publishers Weekly starred review), BRIMSTONE TURNPIKE, QUIETLY NOW: A TRIBUTE TO CHARLES L. GRANT(International Horror Guild Award Nominee, 2004), the charity anthology TALES FROM THE GOREZONE and NIGHT VISIONS 12 (starred review, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, International Horror Guild Award & British Fantasy Award Nominee, 2007).
A movie based on his short story "Peekers" was recently filmed by Gravity Road Productions and will soon be available on DVD as part of the BEYOND THE PALE series.
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