Gene Kerrigan is an Irish crime writer and journalist. He is best known for The Rage (2011), which won the 2012 Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year. He also wrote The Scrap (2015) and is widely known for his political journalism in the Sunday Independent.
Gene Kerrigan grew up in Cabra, a suburb on the north side of Dublin. He began his journalism career in the 1970s, writing political commentary for Magill magazine and later for the Sunday Independent, where he became a regular columnist. His work also appeared in International Socialism, offering an analysis of Irish political life over several decades.
In 1985 and 1990, Kerrigan was named World Journalist of the Year. His early writings focused on political issues and civil rights, including Round Up the Usual Suspects (1984), written with Derek Dunne, and Police Interrogation Endangers the Innocent (1993), published by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.
His later non-fiction books include The Big Lie (2012), a critical account of Ireland's austerity era, and Another Country (1998), a memoir of life in 1950s Ireland. With Pat Brennan, he wrote This Great Little Nation (1999), a reference guide to the scandals of modern Irish history.
Kerrigan turned to fiction in 2005 with Little Criminals, followed by The Midnight Choir (2007) and Dark Times in the City (2009). The Rage (2011), his fourth novel, won the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger. In a 2014 review of Dark Times in the City, Marilyn Stasio wrote that Kerrigan "writes with a grim elegance".
He retired as a columnist from the Sunday Independent in November 2023.
Photo credit: X @GeneKerrigan
Gene Kerrigan grew up in Cabra, a suburb on the north side of Dublin. He began his journalism career in the 1970s, writing political commentary for Magill magazine and later for the Sunday Independent, where he became a regular columnist. His work also appeared in International Socialism, offering an analysis of Irish political life over several decades.
In 1985 and 1990, Kerrigan was named World Journalist of the Year. His early writings focused on political issues and civil rights, including Round Up the Usual Suspects (1984), written with Derek Dunne, and Police Interrogation Endangers the Innocent (1993), published by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.
His later non-fiction books include The Big Lie (2012), a critical account of Ireland's austerity era, and Another Country (1998), a memoir of life in 1950s Ireland. With Pat Brennan, he wrote This Great Little Nation (1999), a reference guide to the scandals of modern Irish history.
Kerrigan turned to fiction in 2005 with Little Criminals, followed by The Midnight Choir (2007) and Dark Times in the City (2009). The Rage (2011), his fourth novel, won the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger. In a 2014 review of Dark Times in the City, Marilyn Stasio wrote that Kerrigan "writes with a grim elegance".
He retired as a columnist from the Sunday Independent in November 2023.
Photo credit: X @GeneKerrigan
years of life: 1950 – present
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