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Born May 28, 1940 • Dublin • Ireland
Died July 30, 2012 (aged 72) • Dublin • Ireland
Notable Works “A Few of the Girls” • “A Week in Winter” • “Chestnut Street” • “Circle of Friends” • “Echoes” • “Firefly Summer” • “Heart and Soul” • “Light a Penny Candle” • “London Transports” • “Maeve Binchy’s Dublin Four” • “Minding Frankie” • “Nights of Rain and Stars” • “Silver Wedding” • “Tara Road” • “This Year It Will Be Different and Other Stories: A Christmas Treasury”

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