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About the author


 * Roddy Doyle** was born in Dublin 8 May 1958. He grew up in Kilbarrack, which is a residential area in Dublin. Doyle is the author of novels, drama, books for children, and his TV series, The Family. Doyle has also written scripts for films of his Barrytown Trilogy, which includes the novels, The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van. For the book Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha he won the Booker Prize in 1993.




 * Biography**

Doyle has to sons, Rory and Jack with his wife Belinda. He is a booklover and loves to read and write.
 * Roddy Doyle** went to a school named St. Fintan`s Christian Brothers School and there he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. Thereafter his education continued at University College in Dublin. For fourteen years, he was a teacher in English and Geography. Doyle was teaching at Greendale Community School, Kilbarrack, in north Dublin. However, in 1993 he started writing full-time.

The Commitments (1987) The Snapper (1990) Then Van (1991 Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1993) The Woman Who Walked Into Doors (1996) A Star Called Henry (1999) Oh, Play that Thing (2004) Paula Spencer (2006)
 * Novels:**

Brownbread (1987) War (1989) Guess Who’s Coming to the Dinner (2001) The Playboy of the Western World (2007)
 * Drama:**

The Giggler Treatment (2000) Rover Saves Christmas (2002) The Meanwhile Adventures (2004) Wilderness (2007)
 * Books for children:**

Sources: [] [] [] The book, “The Snapper”, written by Roddy Doyle.