Born in County Wexford, Ireland in 1955, author Colm Tóibín studied at University College Dublin and published his first novel in 1990. Since then, he has written 10 novels, of which three were nominated for the Booker prize, two collections of stories and numerous works of nonfiction. His 2009 novel, Brooklyn, was adapted for the screen in 2015 and his 2021 novel, The Magician, won the Rathbones Folio award. Last year he won the David Cohen prize for literature. Tóibín’s latest book of essays, A Guest at the Feast, is published by Viking.
