Normal People by Sally Rooney

Sally Rooney, an esteemed novelist, has contributed works to prestigious publications such as the New Yorker, New York Times, and London Review of Books. Her writing has been shortlisted for numerous awards, including the Dylan Thomas Prize, Rathbones Folio Prize, and Desmond Elliott Prize. Additionally, she has been recognized for her short story "Mr Salary" and won the Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award. Rooney's book Normal People has received critical acclaim, being named Waterstones Book of the Year 2019 and winning the Costa Novel of the Year in 2018. It was also longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Women's Prize for Fiction, and Rathbones Folio Prize. In 2020, the BBC aired a television adaptation of the novel, for which Rooney was nominated for an Emmy award. "The literary phenomenon of the decade," Normal People has been praised for its brilliance, tenderness, and emotional depth, solidifying Rooney's place as one of