Gene Kerrigan

Gene Kerrigan is an Irish journalist and crime fiction author known for his Dublin-set noir novels. He won the CWA Gold Dagger for The Rage (2012). His fiction is characterized by sharp political commentary, vivid urban landscapes, and authentic Dublin voices. Kerrigan has spent decades as an investigative journalist for the Sunday Independent and is a respected voice in Irish public life. His crime novels, including Dark Times in the City, The Rage, and The Answer, draw on his journalistic knowledge of Dublin's criminal underworld and political corruption. The Rage was praised as a powerful depiction of social inequality and moral decay in contemporary Ireland. Kerrigan is regarded as one of the finest crime writers working in the Irish tradition.