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Paul Murray


Ireland (b.1975)

PAUL MURRAY was born in 1975. He studied English literature it Trinity College, Dublin, and took a master's degree in creative writing at the University of East Anglia. A former bookseller, Murray lives in Dublin. An Evening of Long Goodbyes, his first novel, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize, and earned Murray a nomination for the Kerry Irish Fiction Award.
 

Awards: Nero (2023), An Post Irish (2023), Wodehouse (2016)  see all

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   An Evening of Long Goodbyes (2003)
   Skippy Dies (2010)
   The Mark and the Void (2015)
   The Bee Sting (2023)
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Books containing stories by Paul Murray
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One For The Trouble (2011)
(Book Slam Annual, book 1)
edited by
Patrick Neate

Awards
2023 Nero Book Award for Fiction : The Bee Sting
2023 An Post Irish Book Awards Book of the Year : The Bee Sting
2016 Wodehouse Prize : The Mark and the Void

Award nominations
2024 The Writers' Prize for Fiction (nominee) : The Bee Sting
2023 Kirkus Prize for Fiction (finalist) : The Bee Sting
2023 Booker Prize (shortlist) : The Bee Sting
2010 Wodehouse Prize (nominee) : Skippy Dies
2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (nominee) : Skippy Dies
2010 Costa Book Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Skippy Dies
2010 Booker Prize (longlist) : Skippy Dies
2003 Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel (nominee) : An Evening of Long Goodbyes


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The End of Nightwork (2023)
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Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors (2022)
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"Laugh-out-loud funny - a beguiling debut by a writer of great charm."

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