"His writing plunges the reader into a place, time and feeling...He has a wonderful talent. Sharp-eyed, poignant, convincing, finely focused...Impressive dark comedy.”

 ^{Alison MacLeod, author of The Wave Theory of Angels} 

Andrew McGuinness is an author and creative writing tutor. He has published short stories, poetry, literary criticism and history. 

His first novel, A Portrait of the Arsonist as a Young Man, will be published by bluechrome in the autumn of 2008. A collection of short stories, also from bluechrome, will be available in early 2009.