Sally Rooney

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auteur

Schrijft in het

Engels

Geslacht

vrouw

Geboren

1 januari 1970

Biografie

Sally Rooney (born 1991) is an Irish author. Her debut novel Conversations with Friends was published in 2017.

Rooney was born in 1991 and grew up in Castlebar.^[1] Her father worked for Telecom Éireann, while her mother ran an arts centre; she also has an older brother and a younger sister.^[1] Rooney studied English at Trinity College, Dublin, where she was elected a scholar in 2011. She later started but did not complete a master's degree in politics at the same university, instead completing a degree in American literature. ^[1] She was the top speaker at the European University Debating Championships in 2013.^[2] Before becoming a writer, she worked in administration for a restaurant.^[2]

As of May 2017, she lives in Dublin.^[1]