Overview
- Gordon Snell died peacefully at home aged 93, according to RTÉ and other outlets.
- Snell wrote more than 40 children’s books, starting with The King of Quizzical Island in 1978, with works published in Ireland, the UK, Australia, Canada, and the US.
- He also wrote for radio and television, contributing to BBC and RTÉ shows, including RTÉ’s children’s series Wanderly Wagon.
- The Echoes Maeve Binchy Literary Festival, publisher Ivan O’Brien, and agent Christine Green praised his creativity, humor, and generosity in statements.
- Born in Singapore in 1932, he studied at Oxford, met journalist and novelist Maeve Binchy in London, married in 1977, and later settled in Dalkey, Dublin.