Roddy Doyle
Author · 38 books
Roddy Doyle (Irish: Ruaidhrí Ó Dúill) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. Several of his books have been made into successful films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. He won the Booker Prize in 1993. Doyle grew up in Kilbarrack, Dublin. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from University College, Dublin. He spent several years as an English and geography teacher before becoming a full-time writer in 1993.
Series
Books
The Deportees
and Other Stories
2007
Once Upon a Place
2015
Wilderness
2007
Rory & Ita
2002
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
1993
The Barrytown Trilogy
The Commitments / The Snapper / The Van
1993
Brownbread & War
1993
Mad Weekend
2006
Jimmy Jazz
2013
Smile
2017
The Snapper
1990
Not Just for Christmas
1999
Dead Man Talking
2015
A Greyhound of a Girl
2011
The Complete Two Pints
2021
Oh, Play That Thing
2004
Bullfighting
2011
Charlie Savage
2019
Rover and the Big Fat Baby
2016
Rover Saves Christmas
2001
Brilliant
2014
Two Pints
2012
The Commitments
1987
The Dead Republic
2010
Love
2020
Two for the Road
2009
A Star Called Henry
1999
Two More Pints
2014
Paula Spencer
2006
WOW! 366
2008
Her Mother's Face
2008
The Guts
2013
The Giggler Treatment
2000
The Women Behind the Door
2024
The Van
1991
Life Without Children
2021
The Second Half
2014
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
1996
