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Alex Barclay

アレックス・バークレー

Arekkusu Bākurē

Aliases: Yve Morris / Yve Williams
Pen Names: Alex Barclay（Pen name for crime fiction）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1974-01-01 （Bayside, Dublin, Ireland）
Nationality
Irish
Languages
English
Residence History
Bayside, Dublin → Sandymount, Dublin → Eyeries, Beara Peninsula, West Cork

Career

Occupations
Fiction author, Journalist
Active Years
1992-2024

Education

Dublin City University
Journalism with French / Journalism
Period: 1992-1996
Year of Graduation: 1996
Country: Ireland
Included study period at Nanterre University, Paris
Bayside National School
Primary school
Country: Ireland
Manor House School, Raheny
Secondary school
Country: Ireland

Awards

Irish Crime Novel of the Year
2009
Work: Blood Runs Cold
Organization: Irish Book Awards
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Darkhouse

2005 Crime fiction

Crime novel featuring NYPD detective Joe Lucchesi, set in Texas, New York, and County Waterford.

CrimeInvestigation

Blood Runs Cold

2008 Crime fiction

First in the Ren Bryce series, featuring FBI agent Ren Bryce with bipolar disorder, set in Denver, Colorado.

Bipolar disorderFBI investigation

The Caller

2007 Crime fiction

Second Joe Lucchesi novel.

CrimeInvestigation

Bibliography

  • Darkhouse (2005)
  • The Caller (2007)
  • Blood Runs Cold (2008)
  • Time of Death (2010)
  • Blood Loss (2012)
  • Curse of Kings (2013)
  • Harm's Reach (2014)
  • Killing Ways (2015)
  • The Drowning Child (2016)
  • I Confess (2019)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Research-based realismThrilling pace
Recurring Motifs
Bipolar charactersFBI/NYPD investigators

Legacy

Popular Irish crime writer known for Ren Bryce series, with nearly 300,000 copies sold in UK/Ireland.

Trivia

  • Former features editor at U magazine.
  • Married to TV director Brian Williams.