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Sally Rooney

(b.1991)

Sally Rooney was born in 1991 and lives in Dublin, where she graduated from Trinity College. Her work has appeared in Granta, The Dublin Review, The White Review, The Stinging Fly, and the Winter Pages anthology.

Awards: RSL (2019), Nibbies (2019), Costa (2018) see all

Genres: Literary Fiction

New and upcoming books

September 2024

Intermezzo

Novels

   Conversations with Friends (2017)
   Normal People (2018)
   Beautiful World, Where Are You (2021)
   Intermezzo (2024)

Collections

Six Shorts 2017 (2017) (with others)

Series contributed to

Faber Stories
Mr Salary (2019)

Plays show

Books containing stories by Sally Rooney

The Best Short Stories 2021 (2021)
(O. Henry Prize Stories)
edited by
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Awards

	2019 Encore Award : Normal People
	2019 British Book Award Fiction Book of the Year : Normal People
	2018 Costa Book Award for Best Novel : Normal People
	2017 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award : Conversations with Friends

Award nominations

	2022 British Book Award Fiction Book of the Year (shortlist) : Beautiful World, Where Are You
	2020 British Book Award 30 from 30 Special Award (shortlist) : Normal People
	2020 ALA Notable Books for Adults (nominee) : Normal People
	2019 Dublin Literary Award (nominee) : Conversations with Friends
	2018 The Writers' Prize for Fiction (nominee) : Conversations with Friends
	2018 Desmond Elliott Prize (nominee) : Conversations with Friends
	2018 British Book Award Debut Book of the Year (shortlist) : Conversations with Friends
	2018 Booker Prize (longlist) : Normal People

Sally Rooney recommends

Free Therapy (2024)
Rebecca Ivory
"Arresting and inventive."

Wild Houses (2024)
Colin Barrett
"This strange and beautiful novel brings to life an entire world. Wild Houses is a book not just to read but to live inside."

Nothing Special (2023)
Nicole Flattery
"I truly love Nicole Flattery's writing."