Kevin Myers is a journalist who was born on March 30, 1947 in Leicester, England. He graduated from University College Dublin in 1969. He began working as a journalist for Irish broadcaster RTE' and reported from Northern Ireland. He later worked for three of Ireland's major newspaprers: the Irish Times, the Sunday Times, and Irish Independent. A collection of his columns, An Irishman's Diary, was published in 2000. His title's include: Banks of Green Willow, Watching the Door, A Single Headstrong Heart and Grown-Up Faith: The Big Picture for a Bigger Life.