About Alan Titley Alan Titley is one of Ireland's most respected writers for children and adults, in both Irish and English. He has won prizes including the Children's Books Ireland Eilis Dillon Award. The Dirty Dust, his translation of Cre na Cille by Mairtin O Cadhain, was published by Yale University Press to international acclaim in 2015. He writes a weekly column on current and cultural affairs for The Irish Times. He is an Emeritus Professor of Modern Irish, University College Cork, and a member of the Royal Irish Academy. About Eoin Coveney Eoin Coveney is an Irish illustrator with an aesthetic shaped by European comics, horror films and early twentieth century illustration. In the 1990s, he worked with Will Eisner (renowned US comic artist, writer and creator of The Spirit). His clients include Abrams Books, The Royal Air Force, FHM, Attitude magazine, Ray-Ban, 2000AD, Collins books, FUNKO, The Westminster Collection Coins, The Independent, Metro London, Forrest -Pruzan Games, RiskNet, Pearson publishing, Gill Books, The O'Brien Press, The Irish Independent, The Irish Times and The Little Museum of Dublin.
