Conor Kostick
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Conor Kostick was a designer for the world's first live action role-playing game, Treasure Trap. He lives in Dublin where he teaches medieval history at Trinity College. He is the author of many historical, political and cultural articles. Epic was his first novel and was awarded a place on the International Board on Books for Young People Honours list for 2006[1] and on the Booklist Best Fantasy Books for Youth list for 2007.[2] The sequel to Epic is Saga, first published in Ireland late in 2006.
Conor Kostick was the editor of Socialist Worker in Ireland and a reviewer for the Journal of Music in Ireland. He was twice chairperson of the Irish Writers' Union.
[edit] Publications
- Revolution in Ireland (Pluto Press, 1996).
- The Easter Rising, A Guide to Dublin in 1916 (O'Brien Press, 2000), with Lorcan Collins.
- Irish Writers Against War (O'Brien Press, 2003), co-editor with Katherine Moore.
- Epic (O'Brien Press, 2004; Viking Children's Books, Spring 2007).
- Saga (O'Brien Press, 2006).
- The Book of Curses (O'Brien Press, 2007).
- The Social Structure of the First Crusade (Brill, 2008)
