Quote of the day
I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be
A pleasant road.
I do not ask that Thou wouldst take from me
Aught of its load;
Ken Bruen

Born: January 3, 1951 (age 74)
Bio: Ken Bruen is an Irish writer of hard-boiled and noir crime fiction.
Known for:
- The Guards (2001)
- The dramatist (2004)
- The Magdalen martyrs (2003)
- The Killing of the Tinkers (2002)
- Once Were Cops (2008)