Ed O'Loughlin was born in Toronto and brought up in Ireland. He reported from Africa for The Irish Times and other newspapers, and was Middle East correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age of Melbourne. His first novel, Not Untrue and Not Unkind, was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2009 and short-listed for the Kerry Irish Fiction Award in 2010. His second novel, Top-loader, is due for publication in May 2011.
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