Carlo Gébler was born in Dublin in 1954.  He is the author of two travel books, Driving Through Cuba (1988) and The Glass Curtain (1991), novels including The Cure (1994) and How to Murder a Man (1998), the memoir Father & I (2000), the narrative history The Siege of Derry (2005), as well as several plays for both radio and the stage, including 10 Rounds, which was short listed for the Ewart-Biggs Prize (2002) and two music theatre pieces specially written for the composer, Roger Doyle, Adolf Gébler, Clarinettist (2009) and The Room in the Tower (2010).  He has also written for children and reviews widely.  In 2009 the Lagan press published his novel, A Good Day for a Dog and Fourth Estate the memoir, My Father's Watch, co-written with Patrick Maguire, youngest of the Maguire Seven.