Every publisher or agent I’ve ever met told me the same thing – that Irish readers don’t want to read about the bad old days of the Troubles; neither do the English and Americans – they only want to read about the Ireland of The Quiet Man, when red-haired widows are riding bicycles and everyone else is on a horse. Adrian McKinty Read Quote
I had gone to New York with no plan at all. I did a lot of jobs – barman, teacher, security guard, postman and construction worker – and I was meeting many eccentric characters, and they were saying funny things, which I always wrote down. Adrian McKinty Read Quote
I’ve never been a believer in the word-count thing. I write slowly and tinker with the words and the word order, and I throw a lot of stuff out. Adrian McKinty Read Quote
I think if you grow up in a culture where the army is out on the street sighting you with rifles, it has to have some kind of psychological impact. Adrian McKinty Read Quote
I studied law at Warwick University, then philosophy at Oxford. I met my wife Leah there. She is American, so I followed her to New York. Adrian McKinty Read Quote
When we moved to Australia in 2008, I decided to try to live off the writing. Adrian McKinty Read Quote
After secondary school, the big thing to do was apply for uni in England or Scotland and then just stay there. Adrian McKinty Read Quote
I did a law degree but was miserable the whole time. I was supposed to join a law firm in London but instead went to Oxford to do a master’s in philosophy. Adrian McKinty Read Quote
The winters in Denver are brutal; it snows from the end of October to April. Adrian McKinty Read Quote
