The Editor

kieranKieran McGovern writes graded reading materials for English language learners. These include original stories like Love by Design (Macmillan Readers) and simplified versions of classics including Washington Square by Henry James & Oscar Wilde's The Picture Of Dorian Gray. He has written for most of the major publishers in the field including Oxford University Press (OUP), OUP (Hong Kong), Longman, Macmillan and Penguin. You can see a partial list of his books here.

Three of his titles were singled out for their ‘particular excellence’ in Bamford & Day’s Extensive Reading in the Second Language Classroom (CUP) where he was described as being  ‘amongst the best writers of language learner materials in English’.

Kieran also writes regular articles and reviews for magazines and journals including Ming Pao Daily, Seven Days and IATEFL Voices
. He has been a regular guest blogger for the BBC World Service Learning English Blog, most recently in January 2011

He has a new blog: English Language FAQ and also writes for the Macmillan Dictionary Blog & the OUP ELT Global Blog.

He currently teaches in Bath, UK and edits
ESOL eBooks. You can follow him on Twitter @eslreading

Rain Man (Penguin Readers, Level 3)
The Wave (Penguin Readers)
Danger at Sea (Heinemann)