I buried Ken

Looks like Ken Bruen’s going to have to appease some folks that he is, in fact, actually alive, at least if the Galway Advertiser is to be believed:

Galway author Ken Bruen may have to

start quoting Mark Twain by saying rumours of his demise are greatly exaggerated if the minutes of Galway City Council meetings are anything to go by.

At a recent council meeting Cllr Billy Cameron proposed a motion congratulating Mr Bruen on winning the 2004 Shamus Award for his critically acclaimed novel The Guards. At Monday’s city council meetin, city manager Joe O’Neill apologised to councillors saying what had actually been recorded in the minutes of the meeting was a “vote of sympathy” to Ken Bruen, which is only used when a person has died.

“I’d just like to say that Ken Bruen is alive and well and continuing to write good crime novels,” said Cllr Cameron.

Hey, for all we know, some cheeky fan’s going to create a website rather like this one….