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Mike Kernan

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Born

in Glasgow, The United Kingdom

Website

https://www.mikekernan.co.uk/

Genre

Contemporary, Romance, Humor and Comedy

Influences

William McIlvanney, Irvine Welsh, Iain Banks & John Gierach.

Member Since

September 2020

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As Mike Kernan learned from his days in newspapers, the best tales are always the human interest ones. He believes there are no more fascinating subjects than folk and, as a result, his stories are rich in character and bursting with the courageous, bizarre, dramatic, heroic, tragic, poignant and downright daft stuff that people get up to and talk about.

That shines through both in his debut novel, The Fenian, and his non-fiction book, Fishing In The Sun.

Mike might have released his first two books in the past few months but he has been writing for a living since he was 17, as an award-winning journalist on a range of publications from local papers to national dailies.

Since taking early retirement in 2017, he has been making up for lost time ...more

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Average rating: 4.2 · 290 ratings · 34 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Fenian: Love, hate...and a second chance (The Shelter Gang Book 1) 4.17 avg rating — 230 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stopping To Rain (The Shelter Gang Book 2) 4.42 avg rating — 50 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fishing In The Sun: ...And the rain, wind & snow 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Stopping to Rain: The Shelter Gang, Book 2 by Mike Kernan (Goodreads Author), Steve Worsley (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Fishing In The Sun: ...And the rain, wind & snow

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