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Paddy Kelly (writer)
Paddy Kelly (6 February 1952) is a prominent Irish author and playwright based in Dublin, Ireland and London, England, who writes in a Roman à clef style. He holds a B.A. and Masters of Education degrees and has served in the United States Navy, the United States Army and was stationed for two years with the United States Marine Corps. He has been a writer for 17 years, with 3 published novels, half a dozen plays and numerous short stories.
==Early life==
Kelly was born on 6 February 1952 in New Ross, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, to an Irish father and a Sicilian mother. In 1966 he immigrated to New York City where he worked pushing a hot dog cart, unloading barges, a number of menial jobs and eventually fell into an apprenticeship as a sign writer.While there his mentor convinced him to finish secondary school and in 1971 he was offered an athletic scholarship in gymnastics to the City University of New York. It was here in New York City that he was first introduced to theatre and having a brief stint at acting became interested in writing. In 1972, through friends he had made in New York, he was offered a one year position as a coach for the Icelandic National Gymnastics Team. Following this he became a Hospital Corpsman in the US Navy and assisted, among other things, the rescue efforts of Heimaey island, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland following the volcanic eruption there, and later the evacuation of Saigon in 1975 helping to resettle tens of thousands of Vietnamese refugees to the city of Westminster, Orange County.
Near the end of his naval enlistment Kelly enlisted in the U.S. Army, became an engineer and translator and having gone through the Marine Force Recon course in Coronado California, applied and was accepted into Army Special Forces training.
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