Gerardine Burke
Ger Burke who was formerly a teacher of English and History to second level students is a novelist and short story writer. She has written historical short stories dealing with recent events in Irish history. While in the US she completed a creative writing course in Holyoke College, Holyoke, Massachusetts.
She has been short-listed for the Francis McManus Short Story Award. She was long-listed for the Fish Historical Short Story Competition. She was runner up in the Fish flash fiction competition. She had been published in the anthology Galway Stories and the Over the Edge anthology. She has been a Director of an Arts Festival in Tuam, Co Galway for many years. She is also a former radio correspondent with North West Radio. Her first novel My Father’s Lands, set in 16th Century Ireland, was published in 2012. Her latest novel Braided Loves was launched by Garry Hynes Director of Druid Theatre in August 2013. She has undertaken courses in book promotion and marketing at Pearse St. Library, Dublin.