Gene Kerrigan is an Irish journalist and novelist who grew up in Cabra in Dublin. His works include political commentary on Ireland since the 1970s in such publications as Magill magazine and the Sunday Independent newspaper. He has also written about Ireland for International Socialism magazine.
His book The Rage won the 2012 Gold Dagger for the best crime novel of the year. Marilyn Stasio, in a 2014 review of Dark Times in the City, comments that Kerrigan "writes with a grim elegance".
Non-FictionKerrigan, Gene (1984). Round Up the Usual Suspects: Nicky Kelly & the Cosgrave Coalition. Dublin: Magill Publications. ISBN 0-9507659-2-9. with Derek DunneKerrigan, Gene (1990). Nothing But the Truth. Dublin: Tomar Publishing. ISBN 1-871793-06-8. Kerrigan, Gene (1992). Goodbye to All That: A Souvenir of the Haughey Era. Dublin: Blackwater Press. ISBN 0-86121-374-2. with Derek SpeirsKerrigan, Gene (1993). Police Interrogation Endangers the Innocent, Chapter 1: The Anatomy of an Interrogation. Dublin: Irish Council for Civil Liberties. ISBN 0-9515425-2-4. Kerrigan, Gene (1995). Hard Cases: True Stories of Crime and Punishment. Virgin Books. ISBN 0-86369-890-5. Kerrigan, Gene (1995). Hard Cases: True Stories of Crime and Punishment. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 0-7171-3862-3. Kerrigan, Gene (1998). Another Country: Growing Up in 50's Ireland. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 0-7171-2745-1. Kerrigan, Gene (1999). This Great Little Nation: The A-Z of Irish Scandals and Controversies. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 0-7171-2937-3. with Pat BrennanKerrigan, Gene (2002). Never Make a Promise You Can't Break: How to Succeed in Irish Politics. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 0-7171-3459-8. FictionKerrigan, Gene (2005). Little Criminals. Vintage. ISBN 0-09-948149-9. Kerrigan, Gene (2005). Little Criminals. Random House. ISBN 0-09-948895-7. Kerrigan, Gene (2008). Little Criminals. Europa Editions. ISBN 1-933372-43-5. Kerrigan, Gene (2007). The Midnight Choir. Europa Editions. ISBN 1-933372-26-5. Kerrigan, Gene (2007). The Midnight Choir. Vintage. ISBN 0-09-948376-9. Kerrigan, Gene (2009). Dark Times in the City. Harvill Secker. ISBN 1-84655-255-9. Kerrigan, Gene (2011). The Rage. Harvill Secker. ISBN 1-84655-256-7. Dark Times in the City has been nominated for the CWA Gold Dagger at the 2009 Crime Thriller Awards.
