Colin O'Sullivan

Colin O'Sullivan was born in Killarney, Ireland, in 1974. He is the author of Killarney Blues, Winner of the Prix Mystère de la critique, a prestigious crime fiction award in France. His other works of fiction include The Starved Lover Sings, which was published in Russian to great acclaim (under the title "Black Sakura"). In 2019 Betimes Books continued his run of provocative novels with the much-lauded 1980s-set novel, My Perfect Cousin. In 2020 he gave us Marshmallows, a tense noirish tale of crime and revenge set at Christmastime which focuses on the world of the theatre. The True Story of Binderella and Other Secret Siblings, a funny take on fairytales for discerning readers of all ages, was released in 2022. Sunny, his latest novel (FKA The Dark Manual, 2018) was published on Dec. 5th 2023. It is soon to be a TV series with a major streaming service (2024). Colin lives and works in Aomori, northern Japan.