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David McIlroy

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Born

The United Kingdom

Website

https://thedavidmcilroy.carrd.co/

Twitter

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Genre

Horror, Fantasy, Young Adult

Influences

Stephen King, Michael Crichton

Member Since

April 2024

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Writer of fantasy and horror from Northern Ireland.

writes Dr. King’s Curiosities on Substack, a cabinet of strange history, creepy stories, and the odd bit of writing craft. She also happens to have done a PhD on the history of magic on the early modern stage, which turns out to be the perfect background for someone who loves being scared.

This wasn’t really an interview - it was two people geeking out for the better part of an ho

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Average rating: 4.19 · 269 ratings · 223 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Substitute 4.28 avg rating — 109 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
	The Soulburn Talisman 4.25 avg rating — 72 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
	Empress of Nymm (The Book of Uland 2) 4.07 avg rating — 44 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
	Humbug 4.02 avg rating — 44 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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David McIlroy wrote a new blog post A proper horror movie deep dive (with Rebekah King) Subscribe now writes Dr. King’s Curiosities on Substack, a cabinet of strange history, creepy stories, and the odd bit of writing craft. She also hap Read more of this blog post »
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David McIlroy made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — This book is not mine, please move it (part 20) topic " Hi folks, My upcoming book Humbug isn't listed under my actual author profile, can this be fixed? ISBN: 9781068530722 The Kindle edition is also appearin ...more "
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David McIlroy liked Kellie Mitchell's review of Empress of Nymm (The Book of Uland 2): "This was such a fun and exciting read! As an adult now I don’t normally read YA anymore but the empress of nymm brought so much nostalgia for me! It definitely gave me narnia and Percy Jackson vibes and brought me right back to my childhood! We follo" Read more of this review »
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