![]() ![]() Her siblings include one brother, William Binchy, Regius Professor of Laws at Trinity College, Dublin, and two sisters: Renie (who predeceased Binchy) and Joan Ryan. Recognised for her "total absence of malice" and generosity to other writers, she finished ahead of Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and Stephen King in a 2000 poll for World Book Day.īinchy was born in Dalkey, County Dublin (modern-day Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown), Ireland, the oldest child of four. market, featuring on the New York Times best-seller list and in Oprah's Book Club. ![]() Yeats, Seamus Heaney, Edna O'Brien and Roddy Doyle. Her books have outsold those of other Irish writers such as Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, W. Her novels, which were translated into 37 languages, sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, and her death, announced by Vincent Browne on Irish television late on 30 July 2012, was mourned as the passing of Ireland's best-loved and most recognisable writer. ![]() She is best known for her humorous take on small-town life in Ireland, her descriptive characters, her interest in human nature and her often clever surprise endings. Maeve Binchy Snell was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, columnist, and speaker.
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