Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. His plays include
Boss Grady's Boys (1988),
The Steward of Christendom (1995),
Our Lady of Sligo (1998) and
The Pride of Parnell Street (2007). His novels include
The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty (1998),
Annie Dunne (2002),
A Long Long Way (2005) and
The Secret Scripture (2008). He has won, among other awards, the Irish-America Fund Literary Award, ...