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'''Gordon Snell''' is a writer and scriptwriter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dalkeybookfestival.org/gordon-snell/|title=Gordon Snell|work=Dalkey Book Festival}}</ref> |
'''Gordon Snell''' is a writer and scriptwriter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dalkeybookfestival.org/gordon-snell/|title=Gordon Snell|work=Dalkey Book Festival}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:18, 1 August 2012
Gordon Snell | |
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| Spouse | Maeve Binchy (1977 - 2012) |
Gordon Snell is a writer and scriptwriter.[1]
His books include Amy's Wonderful Nest, Tina and the Tooth Fairy and The Supermarket Ghost.[2] His other books include The Phantom Horseman, Dangerous Treasure, The Mystery of Monk Island, The Curse of Werewolf Castle and The Tex and Sheelagh Omnibus.[3] He has commissioned and edited the collection Thicker Than Water on growing up, contributed to by Irish and Irish-American writers.[4]
He was married to Maeve Binchy, with whom he lived in Dalkey, Ireland (just outside Dublin).[5] In 2011, the couple appeared together on the Irish television soap opera, Fair City.[6] He was by her hospital bedside when she died the following year.[7]
References
- ^ "Gordon Snell". Dalkey Book Festival.
- ^ "Gordon Snell". O'Brien Press.
- ^ "Author of The Phantom Horseman, Dangerous Treasure, The Mystery of Monk Island, The Curse of Werewolf Castle and The Tex and Sheelagh Omnibus". Poolbeg.
- ^ "Thicker Than Water edited by Gordon Snell". RTÉ. 11 October 2001.
- ^ Murphy, Patsy (1 August 2012). "The inspirational partnership of Maeve and Gordon". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "Maeve Binchy visits Fair City tonight". RTÉ. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ McGarry, Patsy (31 July 2012). "Maeve Binchy, best-loved writer of her generation, dies aged 72". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
External links
- Gordon Snell at O'Brien Press
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