DavidCallinan

Name	David Callinan
Location	UK
Member Since	Jan 15, 2012
Votes Received	635
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I have written thrillers, YA fantasy and children's books, as well as some non-fiction and TV/film screenplays. My new Mike Delaney thriller featuring the ex assassin turned Hong Kong Police turned esoteric monk is 'The immortality Plot'. 'Bodyswitch' is a dark paranormal chiller featuring a multi-racial split personality. 'Knife Edge' is more Clive Barker meets Thomas Harris and 'An Angel On My Shoulder' is a spiritual adventure/thriller.

'The Kingdoms Of Time And Space' is a YA fantasy the blends leading edge science with magic, angels with artificial intelligence and the reversal of climate change, as well as fantastical creatures called nanosaurs.

I have also written the first in a chapter book series for children (6-10) called 'The Weather Kids'.

I am Anglo-Irish, from Limerick in the west of Ireland but grew up in the UK. After a host of jobs then art school I busked all over Europe then rediscovered Irish music and formed 'The Spalpeens', touring with The Dubliners, Sweeney's Men, The Chieftains and many others.

I appeared in films such as The Lion In Winter (Peter O'Toole, Katherine Hepburn) and Sinful Davey (John Hurt) and scores of television advertisements (was even directed by the late, great John Huston).

Later, I formed Urban Clearway, touring and performing with artists such as Elton John, Billy Connolly, Rod Stewart and Long John Baldry. I co-wrote a Celtic rock opera for the Edinburgh Festival. 'Pucka-Ri' starred a young Pierce Brosnan and became one of the hits of the Fringe, before transferring to the Arts Theatre in London.

I began to write seriously, producing a string of screenplays and novels, the first of which, Fortress Manhattan was published by Gollancz (Orion) and the 10 Minute Miracle by HarperCollins.

I have also been a journalist and PR consultant handling blue-chip clients.

Works

Kingdom Of The Nanosaurs (trilogy)

23 parts / 114 pages, updated Jul 11, 2012

In KINGDOM OF THE NANOSAURS (book one of the trilogy THE KINGDOMS OF TIME AND SPACE), Morgan Lane’s phenomenal memory is used by the Guardians, the spiritu... read more

153,412 reads

180

The 10-Minute Miracle

3 parts / 10 pages, updated Mar 27, 2012

Re-issue of the best selling self-help, alternative health title first published by HarperCollins and written by David Callinan and Gloria Rawson. This little book s... read more

421 reads

An Angel On My Shoulder

4 parts / 19 pages, updated Mar 27, 2012

One Man - One Angel - One Prophecy - One Quest Paul is an ordinary man, with an ordinary family and a pretty ordinary job. Why such a man should be chosen by an a... read more

603 reads

The Weather Kids - and the Rainbow Superhighway

3 parts / 7 pages, updated Mar 27, 2012

Linzi Lightning (USA), Tommy Thunder (Australia), Rebecca Rain (UK), Wu-Shi Wind (China), Sofia Snow (Russia) and Sami Sunshine (Brazil) are t... read more

331 reads

Knife Edge

4 parts / 18 pages, updated Mar 27, 2012 PG-13

Make me beautiful, make me beautiful…" Ella Fallon makes this secret wish every night. She and her lover Ed Leeming were born brilliant but ugly and their lives made a mise... read more

700 reads

The Immortality Plot

39 parts / 140 pages, updated Jan 25, 2012 PG-13

Ex-US government assassin and Hong Kong Police martial arts enforcer Mike Delaney is kicked out of the force on a trumped up charge along with his partner Bob Messenge... read more

1,174,997 reads

436

Bodyswitch

20 parts / 146 pages, updated Jan 24, 2012

If you think your body belongs to you - think again! Jack Madigan has the perfect life. He runs a mission in the Bronx helping New York's poor and homeless, the lost souls of t... read more

2,290 reads

DavidCallinan's Reading ListRead Later

An Evil Shadow - A Val Bosanquet...

205,970 reads

Glide

5,137,297 reads

Set Fire to The Rain -- Completed

1,704,329 reads

Message Board

DavidCallinan
7 months ago

Apologies to all my fans and readers for not responding to messages recently. I  have moved house and all has been chaos including email/internet/everything and I have had not had a second to attend to my books or writing. The Immortality Plot should be on Wattpad as a complete book. I  have just finished the second Mike Delaney thriller and will be editing soon and looking for feedback reviewers I can include in acknowledgements. 
I haven't written book two of THE KINGDOMS OF TIME AND SPACE. Thank you for the compliments about KINGDOM OF THE NANOSAURS. Books two and three are in outline but I can promise you a sensational and unexpected ending to the trilogy. 
Keep in touch.

AmieBuonafina
8 months ago

Kingdom of Nanosaurs was brilliant! Do you have book 2 already in wattpad or another store? I loved this book with its fantastical creatures and a new take on the end of the world as we know it! I know your singing it too! :p

JackRoye
8 months ago

Hey i loved you books i have read almost all of them when are the rest coming out?

ShaunaMoore
9 months ago

Hi do you know when the other nanosaur books will be out? I LOVED the first one!

karlbreit
9 months ago

Hi
just finished reading your books, the immortality plot.....it was awesome.....but just to confirm something.....is it the coplete book or is ther more?

DavidCallinan
11 months ago

Let me know which one.

pam
11 months ago

Hi David! We just posted our podcast with you on the Wattpad Insider blog and Facebook. http://blog.wattpad.com/post/23608166237/a-man-of-many-hats-david-callinan-is-one-of

Thanks again for taking the time to do the interview! :)

DavidCallinan
1 year ago

Much appreciated, Nicole
If you are interested all my books are available on all the usual platforms. If you felt like posting reviews anywhere every little helps.

NicolePelletier
1 year ago

Your writing is something I'd pay to read ;) you know how to keep a mature reader reading!

DavidCallinan
1 year ago

Thank you, Readmorebooks.
Firstly, my commiserations on your illness. Pneumonia can't be pleasant, in California or anywhere else. I am watching the rain trickle down my office window looking out over The Forest Of Dean in the UK. I am working on another Mike Delaney thriller as we speak called 'Good Girl Bad Girl'. I left 'Immortality' with The Priest still out there. He will return in a future book. I haven't put up any other complete books on Wattpad only partials but do take a read and why not post this review on amazon us and uk plus other sites,. Thanks again.

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