Oisin McGann

Oisín McGann was born in Dublin in 1973 and spent his childhood there and in Drogheda, County Louth. He started writing and illustrating stories in exercise books when he was about six years-old, setting him in on a path that would ensure he would never hold down a proper job. He studied art and graphics at Ballyfermot Senior College and classical animation at Dun Laoghaire School of Art and Design, and went on to work in illustration, design and film animation, later moving to London to work as an art director and copy writer in advertising. He is married with three children, two dogs and a cat, and resides somewhere in the Irish countryside where, despite having taken part in thousands of book events, he still lives in hope of becoming a reclusive author.