Colm Tóibín is the author of ten lauded novels including The Master, Brooklyn, The Testament of Mary, Nora Webster and The Magician; collections of short fiction; several books of criticism; and recently completed a tenure as the Laureate for Irish Fiction. His latest novel, Long Island was hailed as a “masterpiece” by critics and proved so popular in his native Ireland that it was named Waterstones Irish Book of the Year.