Bob Curran

Dr. Bob Curran was born in County Down, Northern Ireland. Leaving school without any formal qualifications, he worked in a number of jobs as well as travelling to various obscure corners of the world. Returning to Ulster he went back to education, gaining a doctorate in Educational Psychology.

Since then, he has successfully written in both the fields of popular and academic folklore studies where his works have been translated into French, German, Italian, Japanese and Hebrew. Affectionately known as “Dr. Bob”, he is much in demand as an international broadcaster with BBC Radio 4 on a variety of subjects. He has also been involved in a number of important regional cross-border cultural bodies helping to develop historical and cultural tours in both Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic.

He lives in Coleraine, County Derry with his school-teacher wife and young family. Has written Bloody Irish – Great Irish Vampire Stories for Merlin and The Truth About The Leprechaun for Wolfhound.