Roddy Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist, and screenwriter known for works that capture working class life in Dublin. He is best known for his Barrytown Trilogy which includes The Commitments, The Snapper, and The Van - all of which were adapted into successful films. Doyle has authored 10 novels for adults, 7 books for children, 7 plays, dozens of short stories, and several screenplays that have also been adapted for film.

1. By: Jesus y Alvaro

2. He was born on 8 May 1958 (age 55) Dalkey, Dublin,
Ireland.
-Occupation: Novelist, dramatist, short story writer,
screenwriter, teacher .
-Nationality: Irish.
Alma mater: University College Dublin (UCD)
Subjects: Working-class Dublin.
Notable work(s): The Barrytown Trilogy, Paddy Clarke Ha
Ha Ha, The Woman Who Walked into Doors, The Giggler
Treatment, A Star Called Henry.

3. Doyle is the author of ten novels for adults, seven books for children, seven plays and
screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into
successful films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991.
Personal life and history:
Doyle was born in Dublin and grew up in killbarack, in a middle-class family. His
mother, Ita Bolger Doyle, was a first cousin of the short story writer Maeve Brennan.
Doyle graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from University College Dublin. He spent
several years as an English and geography teacher before becoming a full-time writer in
1993. His personal notes and work books reside at the National Library of Ireland.

4. Doyle's first three novels, The Commitments (1987), The Snapper (1990)
and The Van (1991) comprise The Barrytown Trilogy, a trilogy centered
around the Rabbitte family. All three novels were made into successful
films.
The Commitments is about a group of Dublin teenagers, led by Jimmy
Rabbitte Jr., who decides to form a soul band in the tradition of Wilson
Pickett. The novel was made into a film in 1991. The Snapper, made into a
film in 1993, focuses on Jimmy's sister, Sharon, who becomes pregnant.
She is determined to have the child but refuses to reveal the father's
identity to her family. In The Van, which was shortlisted for the 1991
Booker Prize and made into a film in 1996, Jimmy Sr. is laid off, as is his
friend Bimbo; the two buy a used fish and chip van and they go into
business for themselves.

5. Novels
The Barrytown Trilogy:
The Commitments (1987), 1991 film)
The Snapper (1990, 1993 film)
The Van (1991) ; 1996 film)
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1993)
Paula Spencer novels:
The Woman Who Walked into Doors (1996)
Paula Spencer (2006)
The Last Roundup:
A Star Called Henry (1999)
Oh, Play That Thing! (2004)
The Dead Republic (2010)
Novellas
Not Just for Christmas (1999) (part of the Open Door Series of novellas for adult
literacy)
Mad Weekend (2006) (part of the Open Door Series)
Two Pints (2012)
Short story collections

6. Co-Authored
Click - 2007
Non-fiction
Rory and Ita (2002) — About Doyle's parents.
Theatre
Brownbread (1987)
War (1989)
The Woman Who Walked into Doors (2003)
Rewrite of The Playboy of the Western World (2007) with Bisi Adigun
Screenplays
When Brendan Met Trudy (2000)
New Boy (2008)
Family (1994)
Children's books
The "Rover Adventures" serie:
The Giggler Treatment (2000)
Rover Saves Christmas (2001)
The Meanwhile Adventures (2004)