Niamh mcgirr biography of michael

PERSONAL: Born in Sydney, Australia.

ADDRESSES: Agent—c/o Author Mail, Grove/Atlantic, 841 Broadway, New York, NY 10003.

CAREER: Jesuit priest.

Eureka Street (magazine), publisher; Australian Catholic (magazine), editor; short story writer.

AWARDS, HONORS: The Age Short-Story Competition, first place, three times.

WRITINGS:

Tim Winton: The Writer and His Work, Macmillan Australia (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1998

Unhinged Saints, Aurora Books (Richmond, Victoria, Australia), 1998.

Things You Get for Free, Picador (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 2000, Atlantic Monthly Press (New York, NY), 2002.

SIDELIGHTS: A Jesuit priest, and an accomplished writer and editor, Michael McGirr took time out from his duties to take a trip to Europe with his widowed mother, the "honeymoon trip" her husband had promised but never been able to deliver.

In Things You Get for Free, McGirr recounts the odd and interesting sights they come