Colm Tóibín

Colm Tóibín is the author of eight novels, including The Blackwater Lightship, The Master, and The Testament of Mary, all three shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and most recently of Nora Webster. His nonfiction includes The Sign of the Cross, Love in a Dark Time, and On Elizabeth Bishop. His novel Brooklyn won the 2009 Costa Novel Award. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages.