Mel Hegarty

Mel Hegarty was born in Devon in 1971, the son of a sailor. After an undistinguished career at university, he worked in a variety of jobs - teacher, bookseller, postman and editor of religious magazines - before trying his hand at writing a novel. He is unmarried and lives alone in Dublin.His first novel, The Confidence of Youth will be published in 2013 by TMO Books.