Born 1930 in New York City, Frank McCourt spent most of his childhood in the slums of Limerick, Ireland until he returned to the United States at the age of 19.
Having had no steady job for years McCourt finally became teacher and worked at New York City public schools before retiring in 1995.
Frank McCourt had always wanted to be a novelist but the dream of creating his own memoirs was realized late, during his retirement, when he started writing encouraged by friends and students who had appreciated McCourt's stories about him growing up in Ireland.
His biography "Angela's Ashes - A Memoir", named after Frank McCourt's mother, was published in September 1996 and became, against all expectations, a bestseller.
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