Ronan Lyons

A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, Ronan Lyons has worked as a staff journalist with The Economist Group, covering eastern Europe, Russia and the former Soviet republics. He also is a founding director of The Molesworth Gallery, now one of Ireland’s leading contemporary art galleries. 'Lead White' is Ronan's debut novel.

“Immensely enjoyable ….. The writing is glitteringly smart, the characters well-drawn and the milieu completely convincing. This is an excellent first novel.”

'The Irish Times'

“Lead White, secateurs-sharp and wickedly entertaining, dissects the art world and asks what is art?”

'The Sunday Independent'

“Lyons has the crime thriller down to a fine art ……. prologue delivers an opening punch which doesn’t fully land until the end of the book.”

'The Sunday Times' (Ireland edition)

"A critique of contemporary art hidden within a cockney crime caper, filled with sarcasm, irony and humour; like having a Guy Ritchie villain narrating a BBC Four documentary."

'The Irish Arts Review', summer 2018 edition

“A marvellously entertaining book about a world the author knows inside out.”

J.P. Donleavy, author of 'The Ginger Man'