WRITER

Maggie O'Farrell

1972 - Today

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Maggie O'Farrell, RSL (born 27 May 1972), is a novelist from Northern Ireland. Her acclaimed first novel, After You'd Gone, won the Betty Trask Award, and a later one, The Hand That First Held Mine, the 2010 Costa Novel Award. She has twice been shortlisted since for the Costa Novel Award for Instructions for a Heatwave in 2014 and This Must Be The Place in 2017. She appeared in the Waterstones 25 Authors for the Future. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maggie O'Farrell is the 6,939th most popular writer (down from 6,754th in 2019), the 6,690th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,229th in 2019) and the 723rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Maggie O'Farrell ranks 6,939 out of 7,302. Before her are Ann Leckie, Elizabeth David, Louisa Lawson, Noel Streatfeild, David Sedaris, and Giorgio A. Tsoukalos. After her are Sidney Lanier, Raja Rao, Cyril Montana, Aravind Adiga, Kage Baker, and Marian Keyes.

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Among people born in 1972, Maggie O'Farrell ranks 702. Before her are György Kolonics, Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Sergei Gurenko, Elena Kaliská, Florian Gallenberger, and Fernando Echávarri. After her are Margarita Fullana, Ryan Robbins, Marko Kon, Cho Min-sun, Marianne Thieme, and Nathalie Poza.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Maggie O'Farrell ranks 6,692 out of 8,785. Before her are Peter Webber (1968), Carlo Rota (1961), Noel Streatfeild (1895), Ian Crook (1963), Joe Gilgun (1984), and Paolo Nutini (1987). After her are John Sessions (1953), Zeki Fryers (1992), Linda Bassett (1950), Kevin Campbell (1970), Miranda Hart (1972), and David Slade (1969).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Maggie O'Farrell ranks 723. Before her are Owen Jones (1984), David Hare (1947), Edwin Morgan (1920), Laurie Lee (1914), Charley Boorman (1966), and Noel Streatfeild (1895). After her are Helen Dunmore (1952), Tom Rob Smith (1979), Sebastian Faulks (1953), Kae Tempest (1985), John Mortimer (1923), and Ken MacLeod (1954).

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