Anne Enright is an Irish writer born in Dublin in 1962. She won the Man Booker Prize in 2007 and served as the first Laureate for Irish Fiction from 2015 to 2018. She has published eight novels, numerous short stories, and a non-fiction work titled Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhood, which explores the birth of her two children. Enright's fiction frequently examines themes of family, love, identity, and motherhood. Her essays on literary subjects have appeared in prominent publications including the London Review of Books and The New York Review of Books. She also contributes regularly to the books pages of The Irish Times and The Guardian.