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      • Bartholomew Gill was the pen name of Mark C. McGarrity (July 22, 1943 – July 4, 2002), an Irish-American crime fiction and mystery novelist and newspaper features writer and columnist writing on nature and outdoor recreation for The Star-Ledger. He was the author of 22 mystery novels, set in Ireland, and featuring a "resourceful police detective named Peter McGarr." For his pen name, McGarrity used the name of his maternal grandfather, Bartholomew Gill, who "was a great storyteller." McGarrity wrote five novels and a work of nonfiction under his real name, and his writings for the Star-Ledger were published under his true name.


      Biography



      Mark C. McGarrity was born on July 22, 1943, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, McGarrity received a bachelor's degree from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and a master's degree from Trinity College, Dublin. His marriage to Margaret McGarrity ended in divorce.
      McGarrity died on July 4, 2002, aged 58, from injuries sustained in a fall at his Morristown, New Jersey, home. He had forgotten his keys and attempted to enter his home by climbing through a window. He was survived by a daughter, Madeleine, and a brother, George. He was interred in Newton Cemetery, in Newton, New Jersey, where his gravestone identifies him by both his real name and pen name, and as "author, outdoorsman, Maddie's father".


      Works


      Under the name "Mark C. McGarrity"
      1973: Little Augie's Lament
      1973: Lucky Shuffles
      1981: A Passing Advantage
      1990: Neon Caesar
      1991: White Rush/Green Fire
      1993: A Guide to Mental Retardation: A Comprehensive Resource for Parents, Teachers, and Helpers Who Know, Love, and Care for People With Mental Retardation
      Under the name "Bartholomew Gill"
      1977: McGarr and the Politician's Wife (aka The Death of an Irish Politician)
      1977: McGarr and the Sienese Conspiracy (aka The Death of an Irish Consul)
      1978: McGarr on the Cliffs of Moher (aka The Death of an Irish Lass)
      1979: McGarr at the Dublin Horse Show (aka The Death of an Irish Tradition)
      1983: McGarr and the P.M. of Belgrave Square
      1984: McGarr and the Method of Descartes
      1986: McGarr and the Legacy of the Woman Scorned
      1989: The Death of a Joyce Scholar
      1992: The Death of Love
      1993: Death on a Cold, Wild River
      1995: The Death of an Ardent Bibliophile
      1996: The Death of an Irish Sea Wolf
      1997: The Death of an Irish Tinker (aka Death of a Busker King)
      2000: The Death of an Irish Lover
      2001: The Death of an Irish Sinner
      2002: Death in Dublin


      See also


      List of pen names


      References

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