Liam McIlvanney

Liam McIlvanney is the bestselling author of the “Conway Trilogy” and the “Duncan McCormack” series. He happens to be the son of William McIlvanney of the acclaimed “DI Jack Laidlaw” series. Liam was born in Kilmarnock in Ayshire and went to Oxford and Glasgow Universities. He lectured on Irish and Scottish literature for more than a decade at the University of Aberdeen before he moved to New Zealand. He currently teaches Scottish, history, culture, and literature and on Scottish-Irish literary connections at the University of Otago. He is a Stuart Professor of Scottish chair at Otago.