Jack Harte

Harte was born in Killeenduff in Co. Sligo. At an early age his family moved to Lanesboro, Co. Longford, where his blacksmith father found work with Bord na Mona. Later he moved to Dublin where he worked at many jobs, including the Civil Service, teaching and as a school principal. He founded the Irish Writers’ Union in 1986 and the Irish Writers’ Centre. He is author of the controversial novel Reflections in a Tar-Barrel. Harte's collections of short stories include, Murphy in the Underworld (1986), Birds and Other Tails (1996), and From Under Gogol’s Nose, a volume of new and selected stories published by Scotus Press in 2004. Hie has also published two novels, In the Wake of the Bagger (2006) and Reflections in a Tar Barrel (2008). For more information, please visit the author's website: www.jackharte.com .