Carlo is one of Ireland’s top writers and a member of the Aosdana, Ireland’s top arts organization which is limited to 250 living artists who have produced a distinguished body of work. It was established by the Arts Council to honour artists whose work has made an outstanding contribution to the arts in Ireland and membership is by peer nomination and selection. Born in Dublin in 1954, Carlo was brought up in London, and studied at the University of York and the National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield. He has written several novels and short stories as well as directing award-winning films. He is currently writer-in-residence in HMP Maghaberry, Co. Antrim, where he has been in post since 1997 and a Visiting Fellow at University College Dublin. He has also taught at Trinity and Queen’s University Belfast. Carlo is also an occasional broadcaster and director of network television documentaries. His film ‘Put To The Test’ won the 1999 Royal Television Society award. He is a sometime chair of the Irish Writers’ Centre and was on the Board of the Arts Council from 1999 – 2003. He now lives in Enniskillen (and has lived in Enniskillen since 1989) with his wife and five children.
