Scríbhneoir agus scoláire é Alan Titley. Ollamh emeritus le nua-Ghaeilge in UCC é, iarcheann roinn na Gaeilge Coláiste Phádraig DCU, agus ball d’Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann. Fara a chuid oibre scolártha tá sé cinn d’úrscéalta scríofa aige, ceithre chnuasach gearrscéalta, agus maith le scata drámaí agus scannáin faisnéise litríochta agus staire. Alan Titley, a contributor to The Irish Times, is a writer and scholar. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy and professor emeritus of modern Irish at UCC, and former head of the Irish department at St Patrick’s College, DCU. Apart from his scholarly work he is the author of six novels, four collections of short stories, numerous plays, and several film scripts on literary and historical topics for television.