Anne Enright

Anne Teresa Enright was born in Dublin, Ireland on 11 October 1962. She is an Irish author. She has published novels, short stories, essays, and one non-fiction book. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, her novel The Gathering won the 2007 Man Booker Prize. She has also won the 1991 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the 2001 Encore Award and the 2008 Irish Novel of the Year.
Before winning the Man Booker Prize, Enright had a low profile in Ireland and the United Kingdom, although her books were favourably reviewed and widely praised. Her writing explores themes such as family relationships, love and sex, Ireland's difficult past and its modern zeitgeist.

                                Anne Enright                        Photo Sarah Lee

The Gathering (2007)

The Green Road (2015)

The Portable Virgin (1991)

Taking Pictures (2008)