Gerald J Tate (born 6 February 1954, Belfast) is a Northern Irish horror writer, who is also an aircraft engineer.[1]
Gerald J. Tate | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 February 1954 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Occupation(s) | Horror writer, Aircraft engineer |
| Notable work | Cappawhite, Beyond the Forest's Edge, Hot Sand, Cool Sea, From Sparta |
Writings edit
His first book, Cappawhite, was released in 2006, and re-edited in 2009. Director Ron Howard was in talks with the author from 2007. It was hoped Cappawhite would be made into a movie.[2]
His second book, Beyond the Forest's Edge, was the follow-up, with both books winning Editors Choice, Book of the year Awards for 2007 & 2008 with Allbooks review of Panama City and Canada.[citation needed] He then brought out Hot Sand, Cool Sea, an anthology of short stories. His latest published book, From Sparta, was released on Oct 2009. From Sparta has been short-listed for Book of the year 2010 with Spinetinglers publishing.[3] The final part of the Cappawhite trilogy, Dead Village was to be released sometime in 2010.[4] He also has a short story in the published Spinetinglers anthology 2009, titled "When the Dead Call".
He has also written a variety of children's stories which will be coming to publication soon. The Farmyard Buddy volumes will have a collection of a dozen safety stories for children aged 7–11. He also writes poetry, and has a collection of over 100 poems which he has released on the Authorsden site.
References edit
- ^ Milton, Stephen (16 July 2007), "Writes, camera action", The Sun, retrieved 10 February 2010
- ^ Milton, Stephen (19 January 2007), "Hollywood beckoning for Gerald", The Sun, retrieved 10 February 2010
- ^ "Gerald J Tate's Page". Gerald J Tate's Page. Gerald J Tate's Page. Archived from the original on 4 March 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "Cappawhite". booksforfilm.ning.com/. Retrieved 8 February 2013.[permanent dead link]
Bibliography edit
- Cappawhite (ISBN 1906755027, 2006)
- Beyond the Forest's Edge Cappawhite II (ISBN 1846670276, 2007)
- Hot Sand, Cool Sea: a Collection of Short Stories (ISBN 1846670284, 2007)
- FROM SPARTA (ISBN 144014852X, 2009)
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