| Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958 and is the author of seven novels and Rory and Ita, a memoir about his parents. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha and most recently the Listowel Writers Prize for Paula Spenser.
He has written three plays, Brownbread, War, Guess Who’s Coming for the Dinner and co-wrote with Joe O’Byrne a stage adaptation of his novel The Woman Who Walked into Doors.
He has written three screenplays The Van, The Snapper, When Brendan Met Trudy and co-wrote the screenplay for The Commitments.
For children he has written three books, The Giggler Treatment, Rover Saves Christmas and The Meanwhile Adventures.
He lives and works in Dublin.
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