Eugene Vesey

Eugene Vesey was born and brought up in an Irish Catholic family in Manchester, where he attended Xaverian College, a Roman Catholic grammar school, until the age of eleven. He continued his education at Roman Catholic seminaries in the English Lake District and English Midlands, where he studied philosophy and theology. He graduated with an honours degree in English language and literature from the University of Manchester and obtained a postgraduate certificate in education from the University of Liverpool. He lives and works in London, where he has taught English as a foreign language to adults for many years. For many years he also taught on English language summer schools in Trinity College, Dublin. Apart from writing, he enjoys reading, listening to music (especially Irish folk music), studying classical languages, gardening and watching Manchester United. He has published five novels and two volumes of poetry. His latest (April 22) novel is The Spanish Girl. ('A beautiful novel that's very well written.' https://bookread2day.wordpress.com.) Eugene's own favourite authors? James Joyce, DH Lawrence, Ernest Hemingway, Brian Moore. You can contact Eugene at eugenekvesey@gmail.com and find him on Facebook and on Twitter @VeseyEugene.