Maeve Binchy

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Maeve Binchy
World-renowned Irish writer

Maeve Binchy (born May 28, 1940, Dalkey, Ireland) is an Irish novelist, newspaper columnist and speaker. She was a journalist at The Irish Times before becoming a full-time writer.

Many of her novels are set in Ireland, dealing with the tensions between urban and rural life, the contrasts between England and Ireland, and the dramatic changes in Ireland between World War II and the present day.

Binchy has announced that she will not be writing any more novels, but will be devoting her time to other activities, and to her English-born husband, Gordon Snell.

1 Bibliography

[edit] Bibliography

Light a Penny Candle first novel published in 1982

[edit] Novels

Light a Penny Candle (1982)
The Lilac Bus (1984)
Echoes (1985)
Firefly Summer (1987)
Silver Wedding (1988)
Circle of Friends (1990)
The Copper Beech (1992)
The Glass Lake (1994)
Evening Class (1996)
Tara Road (1998)
Scarlet Feather (2000)
Quentin's (2002)
Nights of Rain and Stars (2004)
Whitethorn Woods (2006)

[edit] Short story collections

Binchy has also published several collections of short stories, including:

Victoria Line, Central Line (London Transports)
Dublin 4
This Year It Will Be Different
Return Journey (1998)
Return Journey and other Stories

[edit] Non-fiction

As well, Binchy has written a book of non-fiction, Aches and Pains, contributed to Finbar's Hotel and Ladies Night at Finbar's Hotel, and edited Irish Girls About Town (2002) with Cathy Kelly and Marian Keyes.