Barry McKinley has spent a large chunk of his life travelling and working in different parts of the globe
London, Paris, Sydney and Los Angeles; he spent a dozen years in New York City before returning to Ireland with his wife and twin sons in 2006.
His plays have been performed in the US, UK, and Continental Europe.
He has written for the BBC and RTE and was nominated for Best New Play at the Irish Theatre Awards (Elysium Nevada) in 2010.
His stories were twice shortlisted for the Hennessy Literary Award and his novel, A Ton of Malice, was published in 2017 by Old Street Publishing (UK).
A Ton of Malice is a chronicle of chaos from the late 1970's when McKinley, a young punk at the time, worked for British Nuclear Fuels Ltd.
He is currently working on two new novels: RAINY TOWN and MANHATTAN LOVERS
