Library Association of Ireland Author of the Year

Shortlist 2024

Colm Tóibín (photo credit Reynaldo Rivera)

Colm Tóibín

Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of eleven novels, including The Master, Brooklyn and The Magician, and two collections of stories. He has been three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Tóibín was appointed the Laureate for Irish Fiction 2022–2024.

photo credit Reynaldo Rivera

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Sheila O’Flanagan

Jo Spain

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