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b'(http://smashedmedia.us/bruce/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/TBCS_4_296221514_logo.jpg)Dr. Bob Curran was born and raised in a remote mountain area of County Down in Northern Ireland.\\xa0 Leaving school at 14, he worked in a number of jobs including lorry driver, professional musician, journalist, and even as a scripter of comics.\\xa0 He travelled extensively in many countries before returning home to settle down and work in the Civil Service.\\xa0 Later, he went to University where he obtained degrees in education, history and educational psychology, whereupon graduating as a teacher.

Although he still teaches, much of his work is now regarding community development within Northern Ireland. In this capacity, he acts as a consultant to a number of cultural bodies within the province.\\xa0 He also deals with cross-border matters with the Irish Republic, working for the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland.

Sitting on a number of cultural communities, Curran has also worked directly as a governmental advisor and as a consultant to several bodies which have been set up by other governments.\\xa0 He also acts as a consultant to a number of tourism companies, giving lectures and conducting tours on many topics of local and national Irish history.

As a writer, Curran has been extremely prolific and has approximately 38 books to his name mainly on the subjects of history and culture.\\xa0 In addition, he has a number of works published in other languages including Japanese, Italian, French, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Spain and Mexico), German, Urdu and Latvian.\\xa0 He has also served as a contributor and and consultant to various radio and television programs both for private companies and national networks.

Dr. Curran has been a frequent guest of Coast to Coast AM and his latest book is "American Vampires: Their True Bloody History from New York to California"'