Literature Ireland

Ferdia MacAnna

1955 -

Ferdia MacAnna is a novelist, playwright, producer, director and editor of The Penguin Book of Comic Irish Writing. His novels include The Last of the High Kings (1991), The Ship Inspector (1995) and Cartoon City (2000). In 1996, his coming of age story The Last of the High Kings was made into a film starring Gabriel Byrne, Jared Leto and Christina Ricci. Ferdia MacAnna lives in Dublin.

Translated books

The Ship Inspector