Maeve Binchy (born May 28, 1940, Dalkey, Ireland) is a popular Irish novelist and newspaper columnist. Many of her novels are set in Ireland, dealing with the tensions between urban and rural life, the contrasts between England and Ireland, and the dramatic changes in Ireland between World War II and the present day. May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Dalkey Hill Dalkey (Deilginis in Irish) is a town in southern County Dublin. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... A columnist is a journalist who produces a specific form of writing for publication called a column. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and the Internet. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II...

Binchy has announced that she will not be writing any more novels, but will be devoting her time to other activities, and to her English-born husband, Gordon Snell.

Bibliography

Novels

• Light a Penny Candle (1982)
• The Lilac Bus (1984)
• Echoes (1985)
• Firefly Summer (1987)
• Silver Wedding (1988)
• Circle of Friends (1990)
• The Copper Beech (1992)
• The Glass Lake (1994)
• Evening Class (1996)
• Tara Road (1998)
• Scarlet Feather (2000)
• Quentin's (2002)
• Nights of Rain and Stars (2004)

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Short story collections

Binchy has also published several collections of short stories, including:

• Victoria Line, Central Line (London Transports)
• Dublin 4
• This Year It Will Be Different
• Return Journey (1998)
• Return Journey and other Stories

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Non-fiction

As well, Binchy has written a book of non-fiction, Aches and Pains, contributed to Finbar's Hotel and Ladies Night at Finbar's Hotel, and edited Irish Girls About Town (2002) with Cathy Kelly and Marian Keyes. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Marian Keyes, born September 10, 1963, is a popular Irish writer, considered to be one of the original progenitors of chick lit. Keyes first novel, Watermelon, was published in Ireland in 1995. ...