
Ойзин Макганн — об авторе
- Родился: 1973 г. , Дублин, Ирландия
Биография — Ойзин Макганн
Born in Dublin in 1973, Oisín spent his childhood there and in Drogheda, County Louth. He started writing and illustrating stories in copybooks when he was about six or seven, setting himself on a path that would steer him well clear of ever obtaining of a proper job.
Despite his writing habit, he spent most of school convinced he was going to become a zoologist, an aspiration he lost after taking his first art exam in third year at St. Olivers Community College. Unable to conceive of a way to make a living from writing fiction after his Leaving Cert., he decided to fund his dreams of being an author by working as an illustrator. He signed up for a design and print foundation course in…
Ballyfermot Senior College, Dublin, in 1990 and then studied animation at Dun Laoghaire School of Art and Design.
In 1992 he dropped out of college to set himself up as a freelance illustrator/artist, serving the publishing and design industries. In 1997, he took up a position as Background Layout Designer for Fred Wolf films, working on the animated series of Zorro. After completing his contract, he decided to expand his horizons and left for London in February 1998 to seek his fortune. He found gainful employment as a security guard, watching over trains and then hospitals.
In January 1999, he joined the M&M Consultancy, a small advertising and design firm, as art director and soon expanded into copy writing. After three and a half years of working in advertising he became increasingly concerned for his immortal soul. He returned to Ireland in the summer of 2002 much as he had left – with no job, no home and some meagre savings. He set himself up as a freelance illustrator once more, before getting his first books published in 2003.
Oisín now works full-time as a writer and illustrator. He lives somewhere in the Irish countryside, where he won’t be heard shouting at his computer. ©
Книги
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Аркизанские хроники / Archisan Tales:
2004 - Магическое перо / "The Harvest Tide Project" (novel)
2005 - Сердце Абзалета / "Under Fragile Stone" (novel)
"Mad Grandad":
2003 - "Mad Grandad’s Flying Saucer" (for 6+)
2003 - "Mad Grandad’s Robot Garden" (for 6+)
2005 - "Mad Grandad And The Mutant River" (for 6+)
2005 - "Mad Grandad And The Kleptoes" (for 6+)
2007 - "Mad Grandad’s Wicked Pictures" (for 6+)
*2009 - "The Baby Giant" (for 5+) (по совету Mad Grandad)
2010 - "Mad Grandad’s Doppelganger" (for 6+)
"The Forbidden Files":
2006 - "The Evil Hairdo" (for 8+)
2006 - "The Poison Factory" (for 8+)
2008 - "Wired Teeth" (for 8+)
По мотивам ирландских сказок:
2007 - "The Goblin of Tara"…
Интересные факты
Ойзин ведет "Writing for Children Course" - литературные курсы для взрослых, желающих научиться писать книги для детей и подростков. Сайт
Титулы, награды и премии
2005
- The Gods and Their Machines won a Bisto Book of the Year Merit Award.
- The Gods and Their Machines and The Harvest Tide Project were both shortlisted for the Reading Association of Ireland Award, the first time an author has had two books on the same shortlist for this award.
2006
- The Gods And Their Machines, published by Tor in the United States, was shortlisted for Locus Magazine's Best First Novel Award.
- Under Fragile Stone was shortlisted for the Bisto Book of the Year Award.
2007
- Small-Minded Giants was recommended by the Education Secretary, Alan Johnson and the School Library Association in the UK on a one-off list of Top 160 Books For Boys (No. 44).
- Ancient…
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Тая та Локрин Аркізани – м’юнани. Цей народ може міняти забарвлення та надавати своєму тілові майже будь-якої форми. А ще вони справжні непосидюхи та не дуже люблять слідувати правилам. Звідси і всі їхні проблеми. Цього разу за відсутності свого дядька Емоса Гарпрага, трансформага і вигнанця із м’юнан, вони потрапляють до таємної кімнати (не випадково) та забирають магічне перо (випадково). Ці, здавалося б, дрібниці дають поштовх подіям, які будуть нашаровуватися як сніжний ком. Побоюючись дядькового гніву (не безпідставно) вони тікають до сусіднього містечка, де, ховаючись, спричиняють обвал підземелля, а разом із тим – і вченого Шешила Хруча, який, впавши, потрапляє у річковий потік і… його уносить разом із магічним пером. Тепер Таї та Локрину треба не тільки повернути перо, а й…
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Неймовірно гарнюще фентезі. Цікаво, захоплююче, легко. Пригод просто неймовірна кількість!!! Читайте у будь-якому віці!)