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MCCANN, Colum

MCCANN, Colum. Irish, b. 1965. Genres: Novellas/Short stories, Novels. Career: Writer and freelance journalist. Worked for newspapers in Ireland and NYC; Evening Press, youth correspondent, 1984-85; worked in the U.S. as a taxi driver, bartender, bicycle mechanic, volunteer for a program in rural Texas for troubled urban youths, and apartment manager. Toured America on a bicycle for two years. Publications: Fishing the Sloe-Black River (short stories), c. 1993; Songdogs (novel), 1995; Everything in This Country Must (stories), 2000. Contributor to books and periodicals. Address: c/o Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Co. Inc., 115 West 18th St., New York, NY 10011, U.S.A.

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