Brian Conaghan

Brian Conaghan was born and raised in the Scottish town of Coatbridge but now lives in Dublin. He has a Master of Letters in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow. For many years Brian worked as a teacher and taught in Scotland, Italy and Ireland. His first YA novel for Bloomsbury, When Mr Dog Bites, was shortlisted for the 215 Carnegie Medal, and his second, The Bombs That Brought Us Together, won the 216 Costa Children's Book Award. We Come Apart, a verse novel co-authored with Carnegie Medal winner Sarah Crossan, won the 218 UKLA Book Award, and his fourth novel, The Weight of a Thousand Feathers, won the 218 Irish Book Award for Teen & Young Adult Book of the Year. @BrianConaghan