Edna O'Brien

Edna O'Brien is the author of 19 books. She was the winner of the 1993 Writers' Guild Prize for Fiction. Her biography of James Joyce was published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in June 1999. Her recent fiction has been about Irish topics - religion, politics, property. In 2001 her documentary novel, In the Forest - about a brutal murder on the west coast - caused a furore in her native Ireland. It was the subject of a BBC Omnibus film.

Saints and Sinners Edna O'Brien Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 17 February 2011. A collection that is characterised by the author's powerful evocations of place and a glorious and an often heart-breaking grasp of people and their desires and contradictions. Format: Paperback - Released: 17/02/2011 Lovereading Price: £9.74 - Saving £3.25 (25%)

Byron in Love Edna O'Brien Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 29 January 2009. This is a wonderfully vivid account of the paradoxical life and loves of Lord Byron. It focuses on the women in his life and in particular the notorious ménage... Format: Hardback - Released: 15/01/2009 Lovereading Price: £9.74 - Saving £3.25 (25%)

The Light of Evening Edna O'Brien Edna O'Brien returns to the world of her debut novel, The Country Girls, in an inspired account of a dying mother and her daughter. Format: Paperback - Released: 05/09/2007 Lovereading Price: £5.24 - Saving £1.75 (25%)

House of Splendid Isolation Edna O'Brien May 2011 Guest Editor Carol Drinkwater on House of Splendid Isolation... Educated at an Irish convent, I was a lonely, frustrated girl who dreamed of escape, of becoming an actress. The early works of Edna O’Brien – her Country Girls... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/1995 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)