David M. Kiely
| Date of Birth: | 10 July 1949 |
| Address: | Newry, County Down |
David M. Kiely was born in Dublin. In 1974 he settled in the Netherlands, where he worked for two decades in advertising, both as a designer and copywriter. He returned to Ireland in 1991, and set about writing “for real”. <p> In 1996 he led creative-writing courses at Anaverna House near Dundalk, for adults and children. In 1997 he married Christina McKenna, who went on to become one of Ireland’s most successful writers. Her bestselling novels include <i>The Misremembered Man</i> and <i>The Godforsaken Daughter</i>, published in 2015. <p> He has published 16 books to date, both fiction and non-fiction.
