Anne Teresa Enright, known for her profound and insightful works, is a distinguished Irish author celebrated for her contributions to literature. Born on October 11, 1962, in Dublin, Ireland, she stands as a prominent figure, notably the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction from 2015 to 2018. Her literary prowess was recognized with the prestigious Man Booker Prize in 2007 for her novel The Gathering.

Enright's body of work encompasses seven novels, a treasury of short stories, and an engaging non-fiction piece titled Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhood, which delves into her experiences of motherhood in Dublin. Her essays, frequently tackling literary themes, have graced the pages of the London Review of Books and The New York Review of Books, and she contributes to the book sections of The Irish Times and The Guardian.

Her fiction is renowned for its exploration of themes such as family, love, identity, and motherhood. In addition to her Man Booker Prize, Enright's novel What Are You Like? was shortlisted for the novel category of the 2000 Whitbread Awards. Her 2012 novel The Forgotten Waltz garnered the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction. Her work, The Green Road, was not only shortlisted for the Woman's Prize but also won The Irish Novel of the Year in 2015.