This list includes fiction authors who were born in Ireland and whose works have been published since the year 2000.
Thanks for the Memories, Cecilia Ahern
The Infinities, John Banville
Mother to a Stranger, Leland Bardwell
The Secret Scripture, Sebastian Barry
The Eskimo in the Net, Gerard Beirne
Loopy, Dan Binchy
Heart and Soul, Maeve Binchy
The Silver Swan,* Benjamin Black
The Dead, Ingrid Black
The Journey Home, Dermot Bolger
Emma Brown, Clare Boylan
The Thief of Time, John Boyne
The Visitor, Maeve Brennan
Sanctuary,* Ken Bruen
The Big O, Declan Burke
No Bones, Anna Burns
A Bit of Scandal, Mary Rose Callaghan
The Beautiful Sound of Silence: A DI Christy Kennedy Mystery,* Paul Charles
The Magdalen, Marita Conlon-McKenna
The Lovers,* John Connolly
The Fox’s Walk, Annabel Davis-Goff
Venetia Kelly’s Traveling Show, Frank Delaney
The Sealed Letter, Emma Donoghue
Down a Road All Rebels Run, Mogue Doyle
The Deportees and Other Stories, Roddy Doyle
And Not To Yield: A Novel of the Life and Times of Wild Bill Hickok, Randy Lee Eickhoff
The Gathering, Anne Enright
Juno & Juliet, Julian Gough
The Bird Woman, Kerry Hardie
The Truth about Love, Josephine Hart
Flotsam & Jetsam, Aidan Higgins
All the Dead Voices,* Declan Hughes
Shade, Neil Jordan
Walk the Blue Fields, Claire Keegan
Past Secrets, Cathy Kelly
Sophisticated Boom Boom, John Kelly
The Rainbow Singer, Simon Kerr
Little Criminals, Gene Kerrigan
The Brightest Star in the Sky, Marian Keyes
Tenderwire, Claire Kilroy
Glover’s Mistake, Nick Laird
Authenticity, Deirdre Madden
Singing Bird, Roisin McAuley
The Holy City, Patrick McCabe
Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann
The Barracks, John McGahern
Gallows Lane: An Inspector Devlin Mystery,* Brian McGilloway
Death Without Trace, Gerard Murphy
The Ghosts of Belfast, Stuart Neville
The Banyan Tree, Christopher Nolan
Second Burial for a Black Prince,* Andrew Nugent
The Light of Evening, Edna O’Brien
The Young Wan,* Brendan O’Carroll
Redemption Falls, Joseph O’Connor
My Dream of You, Nuala O’Faolain
Boss Croker, Padraic O’Farrell
In the Province of Saints, Thomas O’Malley
Netherland, Joseph O’Neill
Recipes for a Perfect Marriage, Morag Prunty
The Parts, Keith Ridgway
Seeds of Doubt, James Ryan
Two for Joy, Patricia Scanlan
Every Inch of Her, Peter Sheridan
Across the River, Alice Taylor
An Irish Country Girl,* Patrick Taylor
Brooklyn, Colm Tóibín
The Council of the Cursed: A Mystery of Ancient Ireland,* Peter Tremayne
Love and Summer, William Trevor
No Paradiso, William Wall
John, Niall Williams
*part of a series
If you would like to explore more Irish literature, culture, and history Information Services suggests these websites (accessed February 25, 2010):
- Irish Culture and Customs
 – a rich resource for all things Irish
- Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore, and Drama – lists links to other online resources for all things Irish, history, language, arts, folklore, and more
- Irish Writers Online – many, though not all, Irish authors are listed alphabetically with links to author websites if available
- Island Ireland: Irish History – offers a focus on the most famous episodes in Irish history – the famine, the Easter Rebellion, the Troubles
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