Her novels include All Summer (2003), which won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, and Tenderwire (2006), which was shortlisted for the 2007 Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year Award as well as the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award.
Kilroy's latest novel is Soldier Sailor.
At the Guardian she tagged ten "novels that capture motherhood in an interesting way," including:
Read about the other entries on the list.Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Pity poor Toby Fleishman, the good doctor who has put saving lives above getting rich. His ex-wife has done a runner leaving him holding the kids. So far, so Great American Novel. But then, after Rachel Fleishman has been dealt a good sound judging, the writer flips the narrative to include the female perspective and a Greater American Novel is born.
--Marshal Zeringue
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