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- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Maeve Binchy was born on May 28, 1940 in Dalkey, Ireland. She was a writer, known for Circle of Friends (1995), How About You (2007) and Thursday Play Date (1964). She was married to Gordon Snell. She died on July 30, 2012 in Dublin, Ireland.
- SpouseGordon Snell(1977 - July 30, 2012) (her death)
- The best-selling Irish author is reportedly one of former first lady Barbara Bush's favorite writers. Binchy enjoys the unique tax-free status granted to writers, screenwriters, poets, playwrights, composers, and painters by the Irish government.
- Went to University College Dublin in 1957 and has had two main characters in her books (Benny in "Circle of Friends" and Clare in "Echoes") attend the same university and study the same subjects she did.
- Her husband is English.
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 134, pages 52-57. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
- Cousin of the actress Kate Binchy.
- On style: The whole art of life is knowing the right time to stay things.
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