Bartholomew Gill was the pen name of Mark C. McGarrity (July 22, 1943 – July 4, 2002),[1] 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."[2] 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.[2]
Bartholomew Gill | |
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Born | Mark C. McGarrity July 22, 1943 Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | July 4, 2002 Morristown, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 58)
Pen name | Bartholomew Gill |
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Nationality | Irish-American |
Alma mater | Brown University Trinity College Dublin |
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Spouse | Margaret McGarrity |
Children | 1 |
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.[2] 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.[2][3] 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".[1]