In August that year, he was recruited by the UK's Ockham Publishing to lead a new imprint, Level Up publishing, with a remit to publish LitRPG. In 2018, the Kerala Literature Festival, India, chose to showcase Irish literature and Conor Kostick was one of seven Irish writers invited to participate. In 2015, Conor Kostick became Chairperson of the Irish Copyright Licensing Agency and was President of the Irish Jury for the EU Prize for Literature, and in that year too he was appointed to the Board of the National Library of Ireland.
He was awarded the Farmleigh writer's residency for the summer of 2010 and a place on the nominees list for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 20. He was twice chairperson of the Irish Writers' Union. At their 2009 awards, the Reading Association of Ireland gave him the Special Merit Award 'in recognition of his significant contribution to writing for children in Ireland.' Career Ĭonor Kostick was the editor of Socialist Worker in Ireland and a reviewer for the Journal of Music in Ireland. The sequel to Epic is Saga, first published in Ireland late in 2006 Edda, published in 2011, completes the 'Avatar Chronicles' trilogy. He is the author of many works of history and fiction.Įpic was his first novel and was awarded a place on the International Board on Books for Young People Honours list for 2006 and on the Booklist Best Fantasy Books for Youth list for 2007. Fantasy, science fiction, LitRPG, children's literatureĬonor Kostick (born 26 June 1964) is an Irish historian and writer living in Dublin.
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