Michael Feeney Callan Harris. His biography of Robert Redford ("Robert Redford: The Biography"; Knopf, 2011) was chosen by the "Sunday Times" as one of its recommended Best Books of 2011. In 2013, he published his second volume of poetry, "An Argument for Sin". Callan was born to Michael Callan, an engineer, and Margaret (née Feeney) in Drumcondra, Dublin. After living in London, Callan resettled in Dublin with his wife Ree and their two children. He frequently spends time at Châteauneuf de Grasse, where he paints and sculpts. Callan started writing in his teens, publishing poetry in David Marcus' "New Irish Writing". His first
Michael Feeney Callan collection, "Fifty Fingers" (which includes his first poem, "Barbara"), was published in 2003. His second volume of poetry, "An Argument for Sin", was published in 2013. Callan describes the work as "a memoir in poetry, much influenced by Yeats' "A Vision" and Poe's ""." The book comprises poems written between 2003 and 2013. Callan won the Hennessy Literary Award for his short story, "Baccy", and was anthologised in "Best Irish Short Stories" (Elek, London, 1978). Thereafter he diversified widely, publishing fiction and non-fiction. Callan wrote a series of British television adaptation novels of differing genres, including "Capital City" (ITV), "Target: