Michael Collins (born 4 June 1964) is an Irish novelist and international ultra-distance

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. His novel ''

The Keepers of Truth ''The Keepers of the Truth'' is a novel by Michael Collins, first published in 2000. Set in the late 1970s, the story follows the main character Bill and his attempt to unravel a murder-mystery as a cub reporter for a local newspaper in a small M ...

'' was shortlisted for the 2000

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. He has also won the Irish Novel of the Year Award and the ''Lucien Barriere Literary Prize'' at the Deauville American Film Festival. Collins is a graduate of

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Early life and education

Collins was born in

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. He earned an athletic scholarship to

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and received his

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in Creative Writing from the

Athletics

A former member of the Irish National Team for the 100k distance (62.2 miles), Collins holds the Irish national masters record over the 100k distance. As captain of the Irish National Team in 2010, he won a bronze medal at the World 100k Championships held in Gibraltar. He has also won ''The 100-mile Himalayan Stage Race'' and ''The Mount Everest Challenge Marathon'', along with The Last Marathon in Antarctica, and The North Pole Marathon.

Works

*''The Meat Eaters'' (short stories, also published as ''The Man who Dreamt of Lobsters''), 1992 *''The Life and Times of a Teaboy'', 1993 *''The Feminists Go Swimming'', 1994, *''Emerald Underground'', 1998 *''

'', 2000 *''The Resurrectionists'', 2003 *''Lost Souls'', 2004 *''Death of a Writer'' (British title: ''The Secret Life of E. Robert Pendleton''), 2006 *''Midnight in a Perfect Life'' (British title), 2010 *''The New Existence (British title: The Death of all Things Seen''), 2016

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External links

Michael Collins official website

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