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"I'm an escapist kind of writer." -- Maeve Binchy
Maeve Binchy (born 28 May 1940 Dalkey, County Dublin) is an Irish novelist, newspaper columnist and speaker. Educated at University College Dublin, she worked as a teacher then a journalist at The Irish Times and later become a writer of novels and short stories.

Many of her novels are set in Ireland, dealing with the tensions between urban and rural life, the contrasts between England and Ireland, and the dramatic changes in Ireland between World War II and the present day.

Her novel Circle of Friends was made into a 1995 Hollywood movie starring Chris O'Donnell and Minnie Driver with a radical change of ending.

Binchy announced in 2000 that she would not be going on tours with any more novels, but would be devoting her time to other activities, and to her husband, Gordon Snell, a children's author. She has written four further novels since then — Quentins, Night of Rain and Stars, Whitethorn Woods, and Heart and Soul. She lives in Dalkey, not far from where she grew up.

In 1978, Binchy won a Jacob's Award for her RTÉ play, Deeply Regretted By. A second award went to the lead actor, Donall Farmer. A 1993 photograph of her by Richard Whitehead belongs to the collection of the National Portrait Gallery and a painting of her by Maeve McCarthy, commissioned in 2005, is on display in the National Gallery of Ireland.

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Total Books: 642
A Few of the Girls Stories
2017 - A Few of the Girls Stories (Paperback)Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781101971666
ISBN-10: 1101971665
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 2

A Week in Winter
2016 - A Week in Winter (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781101973769
ISBN-10: 1101973765
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 8

Chestnut Street
2015 - Chestnut Street (Audio CD)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780147518828
ISBN-10: 0147518822
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 3

Chestnut Street
2015 - Chestnut Street (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780804170086
ISBN-10: 0804170088
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
 17

Maeve's Times In Her Own Words
2014 - Maeve's Times in Her Own Words (Hardcover)Paperback, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780385353458
ISBN-10: 0385353456
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 8

Chestnut Street
2014 - Chestnut Street (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780385351850
ISBN-10: 0385351852
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 21

A Week in Winter
2014 - A Week in Winter (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780307475503
ISBN-10: 0307475506
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 42

Chestnut Street
2014 - Chestnut Street (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781409152835
ISBN-10: 1409152839
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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A Week in Winter
2013 - A Week in Winter (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781409117940
ISBN-10: 1409117944
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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A Week in Winter
2013 - A Week in Winter (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780307273574
ISBN-10: 0307273571
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 70

Minding Frankie
2013 - Minding Frankie [Audio CD - Abridged] (Audio CD)
ISBN-13: 9780385366267
ISBN-10: 0385366264
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 4.6/5 Stars.
 10

A Week in Winter
2012 - A Week in Winter (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781409113997
ISBN-10: 140911399X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 2

Minding Frankie
2011 - Minding Frankie (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780307475497
ISBN-10: 0307475492
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 57

Minding Frankie
2011 - Minding Frankie (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780307273567
ISBN-10: 0307273563
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 66

Circle of Friends
2011 - Circle of Friends (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780345526809
ISBN-10: 0345526805
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Romance
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 10

The Glass Lake
2011 - The Glass Lake (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780345526816
ISBN-10: 0345526813
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Romance
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 5

Heart and Soul
2011 - Heart and Soul (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780307742834
ISBN-10: 0307742830
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 13

Minding Frankie
2011 - Minding Frankie (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781409117902
ISBN-10: 1409117901
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 1

Heart and Soul
2010 - Heart and Soul (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780307278425
ISBN-10: 0307278425
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 108

Minding Frankie
2010 - Minding Frankie (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781409113973
ISBN-10: 1409113973
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 3

Firefly Summer
2009 - Firefly Summer (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780440245872
ISBN-10: 0440245877
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Romance
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 34

2004 - Nights of Rain and Stars [Audio CD - Unabridged] (Audio CD)
2001 - Scarlet Feather [Audio Cassettes - Abridged] (Audio Cassette)
1998 - The Return Journey [Audio Cassette - Unabridged] (Audio Cassette)
1995 - The Glass Lake [Audio Cassette - Abridged] (Audio Cassette)
Echoes [Book-of-the-Month-Club Edition] (Hardcover)
Echoes [Coronet Books] (Paperback)