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Born 20 February 1991
Sally Rooney is an Irish author and screenwriter. Rooney was born in Castlebar, County Mayo, where she also grew up and lives today, after studying in Dublin and a stint in New York City. She studied English at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), where she was elected a scholar in 2011. She started (but did not complete) a master's degree in politics there, completing a degree in American literature instead, and graduated with an MA in 2013.
While attending TCD, Rooney was a university debater and eventually became the top debater at the European Universities Debating Championships in 2013, later writing of the experience. Before becoming a writer, she worked for a restaurant in an administrative role. She has published four novels: Conversations with Friends (2017), Normal People (2018), Beautiful World, Where Are You (2021), and Intermezzo (2024).
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For Irish Literature, Spring 2026 :) I did like this, though I didn't love it. I was invested during the first and last thirds but the middle section really slogged. Had to tackle this after limited familiarity with Rooney's work (I DNF'd Normal People a few…
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I had good memories of her previous books, but this one was quite boring, I eventually skimmed the last hundred pages. Lots of convoluted drama and angst around two brothers in mirror relationships (the young maybe autistic chess player with the thirty-someth…
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