Gerard Whelan was born in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, and has lived and worked in several European countries. After some time living in Dublin, he has returned to live in his native Wexford. He is the author of many books for children and a multiple award-winner. His first novel, The Guns of Easter, won the Eilís Dillon Memorial Award for first-time writers. Dream Invader later won the Bisto Book of the Year Award. He has also been shortlisted for the Reading Association of Ireland awards. Gerard is also the author of A Winter of Spies and Out of Nowhere.
Book List
Guns of Easter (O’Brien Press, 1996)
Dream Invader (O’Brien Press, 1997)
Winter of Spies (O’Brien Press, 1998)
Out of Nowhere (O’Brien Press, 1999)
War Children (O’Brien Press, 2002)
