Claire Kilroy's debut novel All Summer was described in The Times as 'compelling ... a thriller, a confession and a love story framed by a meditation on the arts', and was awarded the 2004 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Her second novel, Tenderwire was published to great acclaim in 2006, and was shortlisted for the Hughes & Hughes Irish novel of the Year as well as the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award. Educated at Trinity College, she lives in Dublin.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Novels
All Summer (2003)
Tenderwire (2006)
All Names Have Been Changed (2009)
The Devil I Know (2012)
Soldier Sailor (2023)
Tenderwire (2006)
All Names Have Been Changed (2009)
The Devil I Know (2012)
Soldier Sailor (2023)
Award nominations
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