Claire Kilroy in conversation with Claire Hennessy | The Carnegie Free Library
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As part of The Write Time in the Carnegie series in The Write Time Festival 2024 Claire Kilroy’s fifth novel, Soldier, Sailor, was named a Best Book of 2023 by multiple publications, including being selected as The Times Novel of the Year. Claire will discuss the hugely successful book with author and critic Claire Hennessy. Claire Kilroy is the author of five novels, All Summer, (Faber, 2003), Tenderwire, (Faber, 2006), All Names Have Been Changed, (Faber, 2009), and The Devil I Know (Faber, 2012). Her fifth novel, Soldier, Sailor, about the early years of motherhood, was published to universal acclaim in 2023. The Times selected it as the Times Novel of The Year. It was shortlisted for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction, the Sky Arts Literature Award, and the Irish Novel of the Year. She studied at Trinity College and lives in Dublin.
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