Peadar Ó Guilín is an Irish novelist.

[2][3] Raised speaking Irish and English, Ó Guilín is also fluent in French, and Italian.

His first novel, The Inferior, was published to critical acclaim in September 2007 and translations into nine languages including Japanese and Korean.

[4][5] Before writing novels, Ó Guilín wrote a number of plays and worked on a weekly print comic with the artist Laura Howell, Sneaky, the Cleverest Elephant in the World, aimed at kids.

[5][6] The Times Educational Supplement called his first novel "a stark, dark tale, written with great energy and confidence and some arresting reflections on human nature.