Declan Hughes (writer)

Declan Hughes (born 1963) is an Irish novelist, playwright and screenwriter. He has been Writer-in-Association with the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. He has written a series of crime novels featuring the Irish-American detective Ed Loy. The name "Loy" is a homage to the character Sam Spade from The Maltese Falcon: a loy is a traditional Irish spade.

His most recent novel is City of Lost Girls (2010),[1] which follows All the Dead Voices (2009),[2] The Price of Blood (2008),[3] The Dying Breed,[4] The Color of Blood (2007) and [5] The Wrong Kind of Blood (2006).[6]

His plays include Shiver (2003),[7] Digging for Fire and New Morning. [8]

Hughes lives in Dublin with his wife and two daughters.[9]

Novels

Plays

References

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  9. Kevin Burton Smith, "Bloodwork", January Magazine, June 2007.

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