Nuala O’Faoláin

Nuala O’Faoláin died on Friday, May 9th. She was a journalist, TV producer, book reviewer, teacher and author. The first volume of her memoir "Are You Somebody?" topped the bestseller list in Ireland for more than five months. It spent many weeks on the bestseller list of the New York Times, reached number three in Australia, and did very well in the UK, Germany and Sweden. "Almost There", the second volume of her autobiography, also became a bestseller. She published one work of fiction "My Dream of You" and a non-fiction title called "The Story of Chicago May" – a biography of an unremarkable Irish country girl who stole her family's earnings and ran off to America. Ms O’Faoláin had a holiday home near Lahinch.