Seamus McKenna
b. 1949 · 3 books
Biography
Seamus’s primary qualification is in Civil Engineering. He holds an MBA from Trinity College Dublin.
In 2023 he graduated with an MA in Creative Writing from Dublin City University (DCU)
His first novel was The Maker’s Name. He was thrilled when Kirkus Reviews recommended its manuscript to readers, saying, inter alia,: “McKenna skillfully weaves together a story of one family through several decades… This is an engaging, fast-paced story filled with treachery, backstabbing, and blind ambition … The narrative moves quickly and smoothly while managing to carefully construct the foundation for the brothers’ rivalry.”
He is the author of The Omicron Forex Trading Manual (2012), which is available from Amazon.com and all its worldwide sites. See it here: https://www.amazon.com/Omicron-Forex-Trading-Manual/dp/1479247138
His blog, Stack Six, can be found at http://stacksix.blogspot.com/
He’s been having his letters published in The Irish Times and other publications since 1978.
On 21st July 2024 he broadcast his short-form piece “Chickens, Hurling and a Famous Bootmaker” on RTE Radio 1’s Sunday Miscellany (New writing for radio).
He lives in Maynooth with his long-suffering but supportive wife, Marilyn. They have a son and a daughter, three granddaughters and two grandsons.
In 2023 he graduated with an MA in Creative Writing from Dublin City University (DCU)
His first novel was The Maker’s Name. He was thrilled when Kirkus Reviews recommended its manuscript to readers, saying, inter alia,: “McKenna skillfully weaves together a story of one family through several decades… This is an engaging, fast-paced story filled with treachery, backstabbing, and blind ambition … The narrative moves quickly and smoothly while managing to carefully construct the foundation for the brothers’ rivalry.”
He is the author of The Omicron Forex Trading Manual (2012), which is available from Amazon.com and all its worldwide sites. See it here: https://www.amazon.com/Omicron-Forex-Trading-Manual/dp/1479247138
His blog, Stack Six, can be found at http://stacksix.blogspot.com/
He’s been having his letters published in The Irish Times and other publications since 1978.
On 21st July 2024 he broadcast his short-form piece “Chickens, Hurling and a Famous Bootmaker” on RTE Radio 1’s Sunday Miscellany (New writing for radio).
He lives in Maynooth with his long-suffering but supportive wife, Marilyn. They have a son and a daughter, three granddaughters and two grandsons.
