Carlo Gébler was born in Dublin in 1954 and brought up in London. He now lives outside Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
He is the author of several novels including The Eleventh Summer, The Cure, How to Murder a Man, A Good Day for A Dog and The Dead Eight, the short story collection W.9. & Other Lives, along with several works of non-fiction including the memoir Father & I, the narrative history, The Siege of Derry, and two travel books, Driving Through Cuba and The Glass Curtain. He has also written several novels for children as well as several plays for both radio and the stage, including Dance of Death (1998), an adaptation of Strindberg’s play cycle produced at the Tricycle Theatre, London, December Bride, based on the Sam Hanna Bell novel and which was a Classic Serial broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 10 Rounds which was short listed for the Ewart-Biggs Prize, Henry & Harriet, a site specific drama commissioned by Kabosh Theatre for the Belfast Cathedral Arts Festival, and, most recently, Charles & Mary a play for BBC Radio 3 about the lives of the brother and sister who wrote the classic children’s introduction to Shakespeare, Tales from Shakespeare.