Mike McCormack is an Irish novelist and short story writer. Though he has published a collection of short stories, Getting It In the Head, and two novels - Crowe's Requiem and Notes from a Coma, he has been described as "a disgracefully neglected writer." He has for a long time been out of fashion, and out of print, due to diminished interest from publishers. McCormack was born in London. He grew up on a farm in Louisburgh, County Mayo, and studied English and philosophy at UCG. In 1996, he was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. In 1998, Getting It In the Head was voted a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. A story from the collection, "The Terms", was adapted into an award-winning short film directed by Johnny O'Reilly. In 2006, Notes from a Coma was shortlisted for the Irish Book of the Year Award. In 2010, John Waters in The Irish Times described it as "the greatest Irish novel of the decade just ended". It took McCormack seven years to write the book. He lives in Galway with his wife Maeve. 

January 1st, 1965 in London (Age 59)