Alan Glynn is an Irish writer born in 1960 in

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. Glynn studied English literature at

Trinity College Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Unive ...

Awards and honours

*2011

Irish Book Award The Irish Book Awards are Irish literary awards given annually to books and authors in various categories. It is the only literary award supported by all-Irish bookstores. The primary sponsor is An Post, the state owned postal service in Ireland ...

, Crime Fiction category, ''Bloodland''

Works

Novels

* '' The Dark Fields'' (2001), republished as ''Limitless'' (2011) () * ''Winterland'' (2009) * ''Bloodland'' (2011) * ''Graveland'' (2013) * ''Paradime'' (2016) * ''Under the Night'' (2019) (Alternative title: ''Receptor'')

Adaptations

* '' Limitless'' (2011, by

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). Was based on his novel '' The Dark Fields''. This film inspired a TV series with the same name that debuted on

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on September 22, 2015. After the success of the film, the novel was re-published under the name ''Limitless''.

References

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Glynn, Alan Living people Irish writers 1960 births People from Drumcondra, Dublin Alumni of Trinity College Dublin