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Oisin McGann

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born

in Dublin, Ireland

January 01, 1973

gender

male

website

http://oisinmcgann.com/

genre

Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Children's Books

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Born in Dublin in 1973, Oisín spent his childhood there and in Drogheda, County Louth. He started writing and illustrating stories in copybooks when he was about six or seven, setting himself on a path that would steer him well clear of ever obtaining of a proper job.

Despite his writing habit, he spent most of school convinced he was going to become a zoologist, an aspiration he lost after taking his first art exam in third year at St. Olivers Community College. Unable to conceive of a way to make a living from writing fiction after his Leaving Cert., he decided to fund his dreams of being an author by working as an illustrator. He signed up for a design and print foundation course in Ballyfermot Senior College, Dublin, in 1990 and then stu...more

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Oisin McGann's Blog

Oisin McGann isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but he does have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from his feed.

Why Fiction Writers Are Capitalists

This has been bugging me for a while, and I found myself with some time to spare today, so I figured I’d get it down. I need to explain why I think – contrary to received wisdom – most fiction writers are at least as much capitalists as socialists, and why I think that terms such as ‘capitalist’, ‘professionalism’ and ‘good business sense’ seem to have been subverted in the media.

When I made th...

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Oisin McGann's Books

Average rating: 3.73 · 302 ratings · 54 reviews · 29 distinct works · Similar authors

	Daylight Runner 3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ancient Appetites (Wildenstern Saga, #1) 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Small-Minded Giants 3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wisdom of Dead Men (Wildenstern Saga, #2) 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gods and Their Machines 3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strangled Silence 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Harvest Tide Project 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2005	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under Fragile Stone 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2005	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Merciless Reason (Wildenstern Saga, #3) 3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mad Grandad's Robot Garden (Mad Grandad's Mental Adventures, #2) 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2003	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars