![]() ![]() ![]() Her non-fiction includes The Agony and the Ego (1994) and The Literary Companion to Cats (1994). The film Making Waves, based on her short story "Some Ladies on a Tour", was nominated for an Oscar in 1988. The latter work is a continuation of a 20-page fragment written by Charlotte Brontë before her death.īoylan's short stories are collected in A Nail on the Head (1983), Concerning Virgins (1990) and That Bad Woman (1995). Her novels include Holy Pictures (1983), Last Resorts (1984), Black Baby (1988), Home Rule (1992), Beloved Stranger (1999), Room for a Single Lady (1997) (which won the Spirit of Light Award and was optioned for a film) and Emma Brown (2003). Later in her career she edited the glossy magazine Image, before largely giving up journalism to focus on a career as an author. In 1974 she won the Journalist of the Year award when working in the city for the Evening Press. Born in Dublin, Boylan began her career as a journalist at the Irish Press. ![]()
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