About Liam
I’m an award-winning author and educator. I have created about 40 graphic novels and books specifically for reluctant readers, including: Max Finder Mystery, Graphic Guide Adventures, Geeked Out Mysteries, Tank & Fizz, Battle of the Blocks. and West Meadows Detectives.
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Liam was born in Northern Ireland and came to Canada when he was five years old. He studied media at Toronto Metropolitan University and has worked on film sets in Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
He left the movie industry in 1999 when his first book, System Shock, was published by A & C Black in London, UK and has been writing ever since.
He has also developed educational radio plays for the BBC, written articles for adults and children for numerous national magazines, adapted TV scripts for Kids Can Press, and created original comics for A&C Black Publishers, Owl Magazine, Scholastic Canada, Stone Arch Books and Capstone Press.
When he isn’t writing, Liam teaches young children how to read, write and remain curious. He holds a Masters of Early Childhood Studies from Toronto Metropolitan University with a focus on children’s play in digital spaces, such as Minecraft. He has taught in elementary schools across Toronto and London Ontario since 2008.
Before all that, Liam delivered hot food in restaurants, cold tea on movie sets, slimy fish in Dublin, bottled water in Vancouver, and bad jokes in theme parks as a professional juggler.
Liam currently lives in London, Ontario where he continues to teach and watches the veggies grow in his garden.