Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Bonus Writer # 5: Maeve Binchy


Maeve Binchy was born in a small village outside Dublin. She spent her childhood in Dalkey, an experience she draws on today when creating the rural villages usually at the heart of her novels. After receiving her B.A. from University College in Dublin, she began working as a teacher. While abroad in Israel, she wrote weekly letters to her father describing life in a country constantly on the brink of war. When Binchy's father sent one of her letters to The Irish Times where it was published and earned her £18, Binchy, who had been making £16 working at the school, thought that she had truly "arrived."

Since these humble beginnings, Binchy's success has been astounding. She has written four volumes of short stories titled This Year It Will Be Different, The Return Journey, The Lilac Bus, and London Transports, two plays and a teleplay that won three awards at the Prague Film Festival, but she is perhaps most famous for her bestselling novels Evening Class, The Glass Lake, The Copper Beech, Circle of Friends, Silver Wedding, Firefly Summer, Echoes, and Light a Penny Candle, which have been celebrated on many continents. Movie audiences everywhere adored the film version of Circle of Friends, produced by Savoy Pictures and which starred Minnie Driver and Chris O'Donnell.

Biography from bookbrowse´s site.

When we moved to the house in Adder Hill the library in the dining room had several books by Maeve Binchy. I loved The Lilac Bus, a story told in each chapter by a different character. It´s funny how they all see things according to they knowledge and expectations. I also loved Victoria Line / Central Line, there is a story for each Subway station on those two London lines. I even bought a copy of it before coming back home.

1 comment:

Missy said...

aaawwwee Paula, I love your happy page. I hope all is going well for you these days!!!

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