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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…

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"…

Ойзин ведет "Writing for Children Course" - литературные курсы для взрослых, желающих научиться писать книги для детей и подростков. Сайт

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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