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Maggie O'Farrell

(b.1972)

Maggie O'Farrell was born in Northern Ireland in 1972. Her debut novel, After You'd Gone, was published to international acclaim, and won a Betty Trask Award.

Genres: Literary Fiction

Novels

   After You'd Gone (2000)
   My Lover's Lover (2002)
   The Distance Between Us (2004)
   The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox (2006)
   The Hand That First Held Mine (2010)
   Instructions for a Heatwave (2013)
   This Must Be the Place (2016)
   Hamnet & Judith (2020)
   Hamnet (2020)

Omnibus

   The Best Contemporary Women's Fiction (2010) (with Elizabeth Benedict, Jenna Blum, Molly Gloss, Nicole Mones and Ann Patchett)
   I Am I Am I Am / The Summer of Impossible Things / The Man I Think I Know (2018) (with Rowan Coleman and Mike Gayle)
   I Am I Am I Am / The Sealwoman's Gift / A Necessary Evil (2018) (with Sally Magnusson and Abir Mukherjee)
   Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox / Hand That First Held Mine / After You'd Gone (2018)

Non fiction

I Am, I Am, I Am (2017)

Awards

	Betty Trask Award Best First Novel nominee (2001) : After You'd Gone
	Costa Book Awards Best Novel winner (2010) : The Hand That First Held Mine
	Costa Book Awards Best Novel nominee (2013) : Instructions for a Heatwave
	Costa Book Awards Best Novel nominee (2016) : This Must Be the Place

Maggie O'Farrell recommends

Summertime (2001)
Raffaella Barker
"I love [Raffaella Barker's] books - so funny and acerbic; a very good thing in a woman."

The Pursuit of Alice Thrift (2003)
Elinor Lipman
"Hilarious. Imagine, if you can, a cross between Philip Roth and Melissa Bank."

Despite the Falling Snow (2004)
Shamim Sarif
"A really wonderful writer."

Invisible River (2011)
Helena McEwen
"This is a true talent."

You (2011)
Joanna Briscoe
"Dangerously addictive."

Heather, the Totality (2017)
Matthew Weiner
"Chilling and poised, I loved it."

Ghost Wall (2018)
Sarah Moss
"I love this book. Ghost Wall require you to put your life on hold while you finish it."

Lanny (2019)
Max Porter
"It's hard to express how much I loved Lanny. Books this good don't come along very often. It's a novel like no other, an exhilarating, disquieting, joyous read. It will reach into your chest and take hold of your heart. Every page is a joy. It's a novel to press into the hands of everyone you know and say, read this."

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