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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: 641
A Week in Winter
2019 - A Week in Winter [Chinese Edition] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9787533954253
ISBN-10: 7533954254
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Minding Frankie
2019 - Minding Frankie [Chinese Edition] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9787533954710
ISBN-10: 7533954718
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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

Maeve Binchy Three Novels Heart and Soul Whitethorn Woods Minding Frankie
2016 - Maeve Binchy Three Novels Heart and Soul Whitethorn Woods Minding Frankie (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781101974629
ISBN-10: 1101974621
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A Few of the Girls
2016 - A Few of the Girls (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781101947418
ISBN-10: 1101947411
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 7

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

Maeve's Times In Her Own Words
2015 - Maeve's Times in Her Own Words (Paperback)Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780804172769
ISBN-10: 0804172765
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction, Humor & Entertainment
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 1

Chestnut Street
2015 - Chestnut Street (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780804170086
ISBN-10: 0804170088
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
 16

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

Sister Caravaggio
2014 - Sister Caravaggio (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781909718418
ISBN-10: 1909718416
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 2

Maeve's Times
2014 - Maeve's Times (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781409149903
ISBN-10: 1409149900
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 3

The Homecoming and Other Stories
2014 - The Homecoming and Other Stories (Audio CD)
ISBN-13: 9781483042565
ISBN-10: 1483042561
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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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

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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Dear Maeve
2013 - Dear Maeve (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781781999851
ISBN-10: 1781999856
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
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Jeden Freitagabend
2013 - Jeden Freitagabend (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9783426513347
ISBN-10: 342651334X
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Week in Winter
2013 - Week in Winter (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781409117933
ISBN-10: 1409117936
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 4

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

2012 - Full House [Quick Reads - Audio CD - Unabridged] (Audio CD)
2011 - Crculo De Amigos [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2011 - Heart and Soul [Audio CD - Abridged] (Audio CD)
2009 - Firefly Summer [BBC Dramatization] (Audio CD)
2009 - The Builders [Gemma Open Door] (Paperback)
2008 - Dublin People 2500 Headwords [Oxford Bookworms Library] (Paperback)
2006 - Deeply Regretted By [Arlen Classic Literature] (Paperback)
2006 - Noches De Lluvia Y Estrellas [Best-Seller - Spanish Edition] (Hardcover)
2006 - Star Sullivan [Quick Reads] (Paperback)
2005 - La Pluma Escarlata/ Scarlet Feather [Letras De Bolsillo/ Pocket Letters - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2004 - Nights of Rain and Stars [Audio CD - Unabridged] (Audio CD)
2001 - Scarlet Feather [Audio Cassettes - Abridged] (Audio Cassette)
2000 - Dublin People Short Stories [Oxford Bookworms Simplified ELT Readers: 2500 Headwords: Stage 6: Advanced Level] (Paperback)
1998 - Haus in Irland [German Edition] (Hardcover)
1998 - Der Gruene See [German Edition] (Paperback)
1998 - Die Irische Signora [German Edition] (Paperback)
1998 - Ser Grune See [German Edition] (Paperback)
1998 - The Return Journey [Audio Cassette - Unabridged] (Audio Cassette)
1997 - The Storyteller [Modern Women Writers] (Paperback)
1996 - Cross Lines [Phoenix 60p Paperbacks] (Paperback)
1996 - The Glass Lake Maeve Binchy [G K Hall Large Print Book] (Paperback)
1995 - Shancarrig [Phoenix 60p Paperbacks] (Paperback)
1995 - The Glass Lake [Audio Cassette - Abridged] (Audio Cassette)
1993 - Dublin People [Oxford Bookworms] (Paperback)
1992 - The Lilac Bus Stories [Gk Hall Large Print Book Series] (Hardcover)
1984 - Central Line [Coronet Books] (Paperback)
1984 - Victoria Line [Coronet Books] (Paperback)
Dublin 4 Lilac Bus VIctioria Line Central Line [THREE BESTSELLERS IN ONE VOLUME] (Hardcover)
Echoes [Coronet Books] (Paperback)
Firefly Summer Fullcast Dramatization 3 Cds [Complete & Unabridged Audio Work] (Other)
Na Togalaithe [Open Door] (Paperback)