Colm Tóibín is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, critic and poet. He was born in County Wexford, Ireland.

He is the author of nine novels including The Master, Brooklyn, The Testament of Mary and Nora Webster and, most recently, House of Names. His work has been shortlisted for the Booker multiple times, and has won both the Costa Novel Award and the Impac Award. Tóibín has also published two collections of stories and many works of non-fiction. He lives in Dublin.

Colm Tóibín

All nominated books

The Blackwater Lightship
The Master
Brooklyn
The Testament of Mary