project for his children and grandchildren. His book No Sense of Tumour (June 2004) was published by Trafford Publishing. This led to him writing Careful what you wish For (2006), the biography of Michael Carroll, a 2002 British National Lottery winner of £9.7m. The book was issued by John Blake Publishing in October 2006 (). Boru died on 14 February 2011. Writing In 2006 he was signed by literary agent Diane Banks, and was the ghost writer for an edition of the Alex Higgins story, published in May 2007 by Headline. Sean Boru also wrote a history book about London entitled A Unique Historie of London: Featuring the American Connections (2006); , published by Publish America. In 2008, after three years of applications, Boru was invited to audition for the Dragons Den, he wanted to raise £250,000 to put on a unique theatre show based on his former bus tour of London, when he was a tour guide. After 2 auditions he was shortlisted for the next series in 2010. Also in 2008 he met actor/producer Simon Phillips, and won the part of Detective Edwards in the second of the Jack films series, Jack Said. The character was carried over into the next `Jack` film, Jack Falls (2011) with Dexter Fletcher in the role. In 2009, he launched a book entitled A historie of London and Londoners (), published by the History Press. He also wrote The Little Book of Snooker (2010) about snooker history, evolution, player biographies and fun stats, his friend Jimmy White wrote the foreword. The royalties are being used to provide free copies of his 2005 film, Sleeping With the Light On, an informative film for cancer patients. The book was written with the help of Jimmy White who also launched the book with Boru in April 2010 at Waterstones, Epsom. Filmography Daddy Fox as Charming Barrister (2000) Cradle of Fear as The Coroner (2001) Another Life as Courtroom photographer (2001) The Hound of the Baskervilles as Lord Edward (2002) Conspiracy of Silence as Father Murphy (2003) Dreamteam as Frank (2003) Lost Dogs as Izzy (2005) Jack Said as Detective Edwards (2009) Killer Bitch as Sean (2009) References External links Barnes & Noble: Biography https://web.archive.org/web/20070623161430/http://www.seanboru.com/ 1953 births 2011 deaths Irish autobiographers Irish biographers Irish male non-fiction writers Irish male writers Male biographers Irish male film actors