Biography: Michael Kevin Dooley

In 1977, Irish born and bred Kevin Dooley came to Canada after 11 years at sea and living in Britain, Australia and South Africa. A work life as a Machinist and Marine Engineer followed, including service in the Coast Guard, until a work injury (head) ended it. This writer now receives a Workmen’s Compensation Disability Pension (BC). Writing, long an avocation with many stories and novels written by hand, is now a vocation.

The story of the common person – men and women trying to realize dreams and to overcome and go beyond the obstacles to them – drives this writer.

Although Kevin ended formal education at age 15, he has read extensively, travelled widely and, in recent years, has learned to research, take notes and keep files, and realizes that growth and development is possible this way.

Written work to date includes 25 novel MSS (manuscripts?) with eight typed up, ready for submission.

The writer is married with four children aged 15 – 32. Other interests are teaching Gaelic (Irish), performing on the Irish flute and activity in Canada’s Celtic community.

Description of M.K. Dooley’s writing work:

The characters are ones mainly caught up in psychological memories (racial memories) in the struggles of oppressed peoples, of ordinary decent peoples in the perennial, perpetual struggle against the powers of the oligarchies.

The characters usually deal with life in the surreal, the twilight zones, border on the spiritual and supernatural in the covert worlds.

The themes/conflicts/plots/places/times are usually in heritage and history, much of it involved in the Hibernian (Irish) world and in the Diaspora. The writing is fast paced, intense and compelling.