Sally Rooney
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About
Irish writer known for the novels Normal People and Beautiful World, Where Are You. Normal People was released as a TV series on Hulu in 2020.
Before Fame
She attended Trinity College Dublin and got a BA in American literature in 2013. She was a top debater at the European Universities Debating Championships in 2013. She published her first novel, Conversations with Friends, in 2017. The novel was picked up by Hulu in 2022.
Trivia
She has described herself as a Marxist. She declined to have Beautiful World, Where Are You? translated into Hebrew by an Israeli publisher to show support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Family Life
She was born in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland.
Associated With
The actors Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal played the lead roles in Normal People.
