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ⓘ About Anne Enright
Anne started writing in earnest when she got an electric typewriter for her 21st birthday. Anne was a television director and producer for RTE in Dublin for six years, and produced the RTE programme “Nighthawks” for four years. Then she worked in children’s programming for two years and would write on the weekend. She started writing full time in the year 1993. Her full time writing career came about when she left television because of a breakdown. She is married to Martin Murphy, who was the director of the Pavilion Theatre in Dun Laoghaire. They have a son and daughter together. “The Portable Virgin”, her first collection of short stories, won the Rooney Prize. “The Forgotten Waltz” won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and “The Gathering” won the Man Booker Prize.
All Book Series by Anne Enright
Attention: Writing on Life, Art, and the World
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2025
Virgins and Hyacinths: The Attic Press Book of Fiction
Book 2 of 6 · published 1997
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Anne Enright?
Anne started writing in earnest when she got an electric typewriter for her 21st birthday. Anne was a television director and producer for RTE in Dublin for six years, and produced the RTE programme “Nighthawks” for four years. Then she worked in children’s programming for two years and would write on the weekend.
Which Anne Enright series should I start with?
Anne Enright's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is The Wig My Father Wore (1995).
How many books has Anne Enright written?
Anne Enright has 22 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1992 and 2025. They are filed under 4 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels, Anthologies and Collections.
In what order should Anne Enright's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 22 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are Anne Enright's books organised into series?
This guide splits Anne Enright's 22 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (8 books); Anthologies (6 books); Collections (5 books); Non-Fiction (3 books).