Anne Enright

Anne Enright (born 11 October 1962) is an Irish novelist and short story writer, born in Dublin. She studied English and philosophy at Trinity College Dublin and creative writing at the University of East Anglia, and worked for six years as a television producer and director at RTÉ before turning to writing full time. Her 2007 novel The Gathering won the Booker Prize. In 2015 she was named Ireland's inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction, a position she held until 2018. She teaches creative writing at University College Dublin.