Frank Delaney

Frank Delaney ( born October 24, 1942 in Tipperary, Southern Ireland ) and currently lives in Litchfield County, Connecticut in America. He worked long as a BBC correspondent in Dublin, led a popular literary program and produced successful TV documentaries such as The Celts ('The Celts '). He is the author of several nonfiction, such as Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea and novels, like the New York Times bestseller Ireland.

Career

In 1970, Frank Delaney worked as a newsreader for the Irish state radio and television RTE and was then a reporter for the BBC in Dublin. He reported five years about the unrest in Ireland, called The Trouble before he moved to London. There he created in 1978 the award-winning show Bookshelf (, bookshelf ') for BBC Radio Four. Here he interviewed over 1400 authors, such as Stephen King. In 1980, he served as director of the Edinburgh Festival and literature hosted his own talk show Frank Delaney. He presented a number of years The Book Show ('The Book Show' ) on the satellite channel Sky News.

In 1981 brought out Frank Delaney 's first book, James Joyce's Odyssey, which became a bestseller in the UK and Ireland. In 1986 he wrote and presented a six-part documentary series The Celts for the BBC and thus the bestselling companion books to your television documentary. Frank Delaney offers daily tips for writing and offers writing contests on Twitter.