About Peter J Merrigan
Author of the Ailigh Wars Saga, this is your chance to learn more about the Irish-born author
My favourite book is the one I haven't written yet.
Peter J Merrigan
Peter was born in Derry, Northern Ireland. He was first published at the age of 17 in the Simon and Schuster anthology, Children of the Troubles, edited by Laurel Holliday. His first novel was The Camel Trail.
Following a Bachelor’s in Writing & English from London, Peter spent nineteen years in England where he worked in marketing and advertising. He returned to his native Ireland in 2016 where he now writes historical Celtic fiction.
He lives with his husband by the Mourne River in Co. Tyrone.