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Ken Bruen

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Bio

Ken Bruen (b. 1951) is one of the most prominent Irish crime writers of the last two decades. Born in Galway, he spent twenty-five years traveling the world before he began writing in the mid 1990s. As an English teacher, Bruen worked in South Africa, Japan, and South America, where he once spent a short time in a Brazilian jail. He has two long-running series: one starring a disgraced former policeman named Jack Taylor, the other a London police detective named Inspector Brant. Praised for their sharp insight into the darker side of today’s prosperous Ireland, Bruen’s novels are marked by grim atmosphere and clipped prose. Among the best known are his White Trilogy (1998–2000) and The Guards (2001), the Shamus award-winning first novel in the Jack Taylor series. Bruen continues to live and work in Galway.

Ken Bruen Books

Galway Confidential: A Jack Taylor Novel (Jack Taylor Series) book cover

Galway Confidential: A Jack Taylor Novel (Jack Taylor Series)

Ken Bruen
Ink and Daggers book cover

Ink and Daggers

Maxim Jakubowski
Jack Taylor book cover

Jack Taylor

Ken Bruen
Killer Year: Stories to Die For book cover

Killer Year: Stories to Die For

Lee Child
Callous book cover

Callous

Ken Bruen
A Galway Epiphany book cover

A Galway Epiphany

Ken Bruen
Galway Girl book cover

Galway Girl

Ken Bruen
In the Galway Silence book cover

In the Galway Silence

Ken Bruen
The Ghosts of Galway book cover

The Ghosts of Galway

Ken Bruen
A Fifth of Bruen book cover

A Fifth of Bruen

Ken Bruen
The Emerald Lie book cover

The Emerald Lie

Ken Bruen
Pimp book cover

Pimp

Ken Bruen
The Jack Taylor Series, Books 1-3 book cover

The Jack Taylor Series, Books 1-3

Ken Bruen
Green Hell book cover

Green Hell

Ken Bruen
American Skin book cover

American Skin

Ken Bruen
Purgatory book cover

Purgatory

Ken Bruen
Tower book cover

Tower

Ken Bruen
A White Arrest book cover

A White Arrest

Ken Bruen
The McDead book cover

The McDead

Ken Bruen
Taming the Alien book cover

Taming the Alien

Ken Bruen
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