![]() ![]() She lives in Dalkey, not far from where she grew up. ![]() She has written four further novels since then - Quentins, Night of Rain and Stars, Whitethorn Woods, and Heart and Soul. ![]() Her novel Circle of Friends was made into a 1995 Hollywood movie starring Chris O'Donnell and Minnie Driver with a radical change of ending.īinchy announced in 2000 that she would not be going on tours with any more novels, but would be devoting her time to other activities, and to her husband, Gordon Snell, a children's author. 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. Educated at University College Dublin, she worked as a teacher then a journalist at The Irish Times and later become a writer of novels and short stories. Maeve Binchy (born Dalkey, County Dublin) is an Irish novelist, newspaper columnist and speaker. ![]()
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