Michael O'Toole is a crime writer in Dublin, Ireland. He was born in Belfast in 1970 and has been a crime reporter in Dublin for more than 20 years. He specialises in covering organised crime. He has written several non-fiction books, but has now published his first novel, Black Light. It is set in Dublin. He studied Italian and French at university and also speaks Spanish and is learning Arabic. He has won four national awards for his crime journalism. He was voted crime journalist of the year in 2017 and 2021. And he also won crime story of the year in 2017 and in 2018. He is married with three children.